An incident in Hopkins Village has left two police officers injured. Police say that around eight-thirty on Saturday night, a cop was attacked by a man with a knife. Cops in the area came to his rescue but the man also attacked them injuring one other officer. Police say that they are trying to verify […]
The rains have not stopped the gun violence. Just before nine on Thursday night, there was a shooting at the corner of Majestic Alley and North Front Street in Belize City. Police say that Majestic Alley resident, forty-five-year-old Lynton Sutherland and others were standing on North Front Street when a white Ford car drove by. […]
Turning to a home invasion…on Tuesday, the family of the People’s United Party’s Belize Rural North candidate, Marconi Leal was assaulted during an aggravated burglary. Three men entered the residence along the Old Northern Highway, bound and physically assaulted Leal’s wife, his eighteen-year-old daughter and his daughter-in-law, before making off with an assortment of electronic […]
The Ministry of National Security in partnership with the Public Utilities Commission has launched Belize’s first national cyber security strategy. According to the ministry, the drafting of the Cybercrime Bill 2020 came out of the strategy’s development process. They also carried out consultations to strengthen the preparation and response to cyber security threats facing Belize. […]
There was a dangerous home invasion in Sand Hill Village, in the Belize Rural North division, on Tuesday night. In the hurly burly of politics, speculation is rampant about who is responsible. The frightening incident occurred at the home of P.U.P. standard bearer, Marconi Leal, who was not home. His wife, daughter and daughter-in-law were […]
The aggravated burglary at the residence of Marconi Leal on Tuesday night has raised speculation that the incident may have been politically motivated, since the P.U.P. standard bearer for Belize Rural North is running in the upcoming general elections. To dispel any rumours that he or his supporters may have been involved in the incident, […]
There were two shootings in Belize City on Monday night. Alrick Smith was targeted as here on Coney Drive. A gunman in a Chevy vehicle drove up to Smith’s vehicle and fired shots. He was grazed but managed to drive himself to the K.H.M.H. Meanwhile, Akeem Bowen also came under attack as he exited a […]
There was a murder in Belize City in which the gunman was also killed on Saturday night. It happened on Caesar Ridge Road around nine o’clock and left Kareem Gillett and the gunman, Tareek Smith dead. Gillett came under attack from a Smith, who drove up in a rented vehicle to Gillett’s house. While police […]
There was a shooting in Belize City on Sunday evening but the intended target managed to escape unhurt. The man told police that he was standing on a street side when a vehicle drove up and someone fired shots towards him. Police say they seized the vehicle in the Saint Martin’s De Porres area and […]
Two thieves tried to rob ABC Shop on Central American Boulevard in Belize on Saturday and tonight one of them is in custody. Police say that just after five in the evening, the two criminals attempted to hold up the shop’s attendant with a gun but they failed to get any cash when the attendant […]
In recent months we have been reporting on a spate or robberies across the country and in recent weeks in the city. Today we asked police about the increase in these crimes and what they are doing to address them. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division “Yes, we know that as of recently […]
There are five escaped prisoners that are still on the lam and authorities believe that it is because they are getting help from relatives or members of the public. ComPol Chester Williams told the media today that they are actively looking for Carlos Montejo. Jaroud Lamb, Michael Faux, Enrique Martinez and Erwin Lanza. As you […]
It’s been over two weeks since they escaped from prison – and tonight five of the escapees remain on the run. They are Carlos Montejo; Jaroud Lamb; Michael Faux; Enrique Martinez and Erwin Lanza. We asked C.E.O. of Kolbe Foundation Virgilio Murillo about these inmates who are still at large. Murillo says that he remains […]
Police have identified the man who was found dead on the outskirts of Trio Village on Sunday. He has been identified as Rigoberto Albarenga of San Roman Village in Corozal. On Monday, police didn’t label the incident as a murder, but by Wednesday, Commissioner of Police said that it was being investigated as a murder. […]
Surveillance cameras captured an armed robbery that happened on Antelope Street Extension on Monday evening just before six-thirty. The video footage shows a young woman buying at the shop and two men who appear to be waiting customers standing behind her. Before the customer concluded her purchase, the armed robber pushed his way to the […]
The prison hostage situation turned escape two weeks ago remains under investigation by the police department, despite an initial report suggesting that there was no collusion with prison officers. With five of the twenty-eight escaped inmates still on the lam, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that those escapees need to be recaptured before the […]
Early this morning, the news spread that one of three narco jets was forced to land at an airport in neighbouring Chetumal. Mexican and Belizean authorities were tracking the three-drug planes that had left South America with plans to land somewhere in Central America and Mexico. According to Mexican news outlets, around one o’clock in […]
In July of this year, Mexican authorities busted another drug plane. According to news media in Chetumal, a man with foreign passports who claimed to be the pilot was detained. That man, it is said, has a long criminal record. It is also being reported that the cocaine was packed in fifty-four parcels. The total […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that several police officers will be charged for hosting a social event. A video that surfaced online shows cops celebrating a birthday party – a social event that’s supposed to be restricted during the pandemic. The video captured as many as ten persons in the room – with no […]
Police down south believe that twenty-year-old Ronaldo Ack brutally murdered twenty-six-year-old Guatemalan national Humberto Vasquez Ramos. Ramos was found with multiple chop wounds in a wooden shed at a cement blocks factory in Santa Cruz Village last week Thursday. His body was discovered by his coworkers who believed that Ramos knew who his killer was. […]
And then there were five. Two weeks ago, twenty-eight prisoners escaped from the Belize Central Prison and a manhunt was set in place immediately. So far, twenty-three prisoners have been recaptured, including Akeem Tillett who was killed during a crossfire with authorities. Over the weekend, two others were detained and on Monday night, Eutychus Nunez […]
The discovery of a lifeless body in Trio Village, Toledo District on Monday has triggered a criminal investigation, as it has since been ascertained that the death of the Hispanic male may have been the result of foul play. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, it appears that the individual, found faced down in […]
An investigation into the misappropriation of a significant sum of money from the Treasury Department is underway and the public officer who is allegedly behind the scheme has been placed on administrative leave. It is believed that close to a hundred thousand dollars remain unaccounted for from the department’s “New Hire Account”. The purpose of […]
In Belmopan earlier today, human remains were discovered in the vicinity of the Ministry of Works compound, near a sewer line for the Belize Water Services. Several bones, including a skull were observed on the sidewalk adjacent to the drain. Police and Scenes of Crime personnel were summoned to the location to retrieve the skeletal […]
Police are trying to identify a man who was found dead in Trio Village in Southern Belize. Police say that the circumstances surrounding his death are unclear at this time and they are awaiting a post-mortem to determine the cause of death. Police also say that a woman was found unconscious on the same road […]
