What started out as a usual day of business at the Belmopan Market Plaza culminated in a murder in front of hundreds of shoppers and vendors right before the noon hour. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, Reporting A killer brazenly walked onto the market grounds and fired multiple shots killing Reginaldo Ruiz […]
The former Manager of Belize Border Management Agency was killed over a week ago but police say they haven’t been able to charge anyone for the crime of murder. As we had reported, they had detained a woman who was with Rosado the night he was killed but today ACP Joseph tells News Five that […]
An aircraft reportedly crash landed near the Blue Creek community in northern Belize just before four o’clock on Friday afternoon. Police say that while they have been able to determine that the flight originated in Mexico, they have been unable to determine where it was heading. At this time two Mexicans have been arrested and […]
A second airplane was discovered in Belize but this time it was in the south. Cops from Placencia came across the aircraft Saturday afternoon. The small airplane appeared to have crash landed in the area. ACP Joseph Myvett says that containers with what appears to be aviation fuel were found in the immediate area. […]
Police say that on Sunday sometime before eight o’clock David Galindo was heading home when he was shot. Galindo was reportedly recently released on bail in connection for the deadly attack at CK Bar last July that left two persons dead. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Police were called to the […]
A Santa Elena man was shot in Belize City on Sunday. Police say that Leary Simon was on Reggae Street when he was targeted. At this time the authorities are trying to verify if his shooting is connected to another gun related incident in the west. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, national Crimes […]
Quarantine regulations were in full effect on election day across the country, with a curfew – only for that day – beginning at eight p.m. This was in an effort to minimize social gatherings and to prevent motorcades and other celebratory events in the wake of election results. But even as there were a few […]
An operation led by the Belize Coast Guard to tackle coastal piracy has resulted in the arrest of an individual who is believed to be the prime suspect in the attack of an Austrian national off the coast of Placencia two weeks ago. Along with his capture was the confiscation of two vessels outfitted with […]
The coming together of the coast guard, police department and fisheries is the most effective crime fighting strategy at sea. Aside from support from these agencies, the coast guard also relies heavily on its partnership with other non-governmental organizations to provide useful information in detecting crimes at sea. Gregory Soberanis, Acting Commandant, Belize Coast […]
A well-known resident of San Jose Succotz is dead. Gonzalo Rosado was in charge of the Border Management Agency at the Belize/Guatemala border for a number of years before stepping down from the post. But around seven o’clock Monday night, gunman pounced on him with lethal precision. A woman he had seen earlier that evening […]
There was a sizeable haul of high-grade Mexican marijuana in Yo Chen, Corozal District on Monday morning, despite the suspected smugglers being able to evade capture. Police confiscated almost seven hundred pounds of cannabis found inside a vehicle abandoned by a pair of men who took off on foot after seeing the officers. Twenty-nine bales […]
So many families in Belize have lost loved ones to violence, but for one Belize City mother, the cycle just never ends. Today, News Five spoke with Irene Wallace, who has had four of her sons murdered, with the most recent on Friday night. Reporter Andrea Polanco has more in the following story. Irene […]
What should have been a peaceful sleep early Sunday morning became a nightmare for a couple in the Cayo District when intruders woke them up demanding money. But as News Five’s Isani Cayetano found out, the retired missionaries relied on their faith to survive the ordeal and intend to pray for their assailants. Voice […]
An angry mob assaulted a team of police officers in Pickstock Hutment on Sunday night. The officers were in pursuit of a motorist who drove his vehicle into the area. When they were finally able to catch up with the driver, residents in the neighborhood became hostile with the policemen, preventing them from carrying out […]
Today when we went to the “Jungle” area, we were told that the persons who were injured were at the hospital seeking medical treatment. But there we caught up with the mother of Delroy Cardinez. She tells News Five that while her son was driving without a license, the police beat down that followed was […]
A sixteen-year-old girl has escaped what she reported as captivity in Placencia where she says she was being forced to work against her will. In mid-January, the minor reported to police that a couple had been holding her against her will and had taken away her travel documents. She also alleged that she was living […]
A team of officers on patrol near the border with Mexico busted a father and son duo smuggling a cache of contraband items, including canned beer, into Belize. When the officers gave chase and caught up with the driver of the van, he reportedly produced a machete. The officers fired at the father and the […]
There were a number of home invasions recorded over the past week, including Toledo. On the afternoon of February seventeenth, William Haught of Yemeri Grove Village reported that armed burglars entered his residence and stole a number of items including his licensed firearm. ACP Joseph Myvett, during Monday’s police press briefing, shared details of the […]
“Square grouper” coming ashore on Belize’s coastline used to be the main traces left behind by regional drug traffickers. But now boat engine thefts, attacks on island homes and fishermen are giving Belizean authorities another glimpse into this lucrative trade, and the local players involved. News Five’s Duane Moody has more on the fight against […]
It was a moment of high drama that captured the attention of Belizeans on social media: a resort owner under fire from pirates who came ashore on his island. Even as he lay injured, he managed to reach out for help via Facebook. Duane Moody was on the scene Saturday afternoon to find out what […]
The cops are closing in on the sea pirates – that’s what Minister Kareem Musa told the media today. He says that they are treating the issue of piracy seriously. According to Musa, they are gathering the evidence needed and he believes that they will be able to hold some of the criminals accountable. […]
And the police’s response to the gun attack on Lark Caye also came under criticism. Reports circulated that it took the police two hours to respond to the caye which is located a mere six miles off the coast of Placencia. Today, Minister Kareem Musa told the press that the sea condition at the time […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has taken an active interest in the incident on Lark Caye and visited Christian Gusenbauer while he recovers in his hospital bed. Aside from gathering valuable information from the victim, ComPol Williams shared that along with personnel from the Belize Coast Guard and the Fisheries Department, operations have been carried […]
There was also a report of an attempted murder over the weekend. On Saturday in Camalote Village, Jose Gonzalez was chopped multiple times by two men he was drinking with earlier that day. News Five’s Duane Moody went to the Young Bank area where he found out that the victim was followed home and attacked. […]
There was a home invasion at the San Ignacio residence of Contractor General Omar Mitchell. Mitchell was accosted by five men who bound his hands and feet and placed him inside a bedroom before ransacking the house. The thieves got away with two of his vehicles, which police say were spotted crossing the western border […]
