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Five days after his mutilated body was discovered inside on a bed inside a wooden shed at a block factory in Santa Cruz Village, a person has been detained for the murder of Humberto Ramos. The twenty-six-year-old Guatemalan national lived at his worksite and on the morning of October twenty-second, his co-workers would discover his […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Two weeks after they broke out of the Belize Central Prison, six of the escapees remain on the run. When we left you on Friday, there were seven fugitives on the loose but one more has been recaptured. Cops nabbed Elser Oseguera in Pomona Village sometime between Friday and Saturday morning. The six who are […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A gas attendant was shot over the weekend at his place of work, the Puma Gas Station on Freetown Road. Adrian Perrera was attending to a customer when he was pounced upon by an armed robber wearing an orange hoodie. Perrera was shot to the back during a struggle with the robber who made off […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Two men, including a B.D.F. soldier, have been arrested and charged for kept firearm without a gun license. Around two-thirty on Saturday afternoon, cops were doing random stop and search in Trinidad Village when they found an unlicensed nine millimeter pistol inside a vehicle. The duo was arrested. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A Belize City woman reported to police that she was held up at gunpoint and robbed of her personal belongings in Belize City. Police say that the woman was in a vehicle near the seaside by the Bliss Institute when the incident happened. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “On […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A couple’s domestic dispute has left a man hospitalized. According to police, David Pou and his girlfriend were having an argument when she called for her family to help her move from the couple’s home. The woman’s family reportedly got into an altercation with Pou and he was stabbed. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A Corozal man is suspected to have drowned after his body was found floating in the sea. On Sunday morning, Corozal police were called out to the seafront where they discovered Dudley Nugent’s body in the water. The suspicion is that Nugent may have drowned as no sign of violence was observed on his body. […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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One man is in the hospital following a chopping incident in Yo Creek Village. Police say that sometime around two on Sunday morning Emmanuel Garcia visited the home of another man and they were socializing when they got into an argument. Garcia sustained chop wounds that landed him in the hospital in a critical condition. […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Police are following all leads in the gruesome murder of Guatemalan national Humberto Ramos. The caretaker was found dead inside a small wooden shed at his place of work in the village of Santa Cruz in southern Belize. He had been chopped to the head and his body was found on a bed. There are […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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It’s been more than a week since the twenty-eight prisoners escaped from the Belize Central Prison. And twelve days after the prison break, seven of the escapees remain on the run. They fugitives at large are: thirty-three-year-old Jaroud Lamb of Camalote Village who was convicted for murder and thirty-three-year-old Michael Faux of Kut Avenue in […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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The Southern Environmental Association, SEA, has been ramping up its presence within two marine locations that it co-manages, resulting in a number of fisheries busts over the past few weeks. On Thursday, rangers on patrol in the waters off the coast of Seine Bight Village confiscated three gillnets that were illegally placed in an area […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Since its establishment, SEA has built on its relationships with the Belize Coast Guard and the Fisheries Department. That partnership has proven fruitful, says Palacio. Arreini Palacio Morgan “We’re very appreciative of the coast guard and their accompaniment on all of their patrols with us. We have a very good relationship with them, as […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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There was a gruesome murder overnight in the southern community of Santa Cruz where a Guatemalan national was found with multiple chop wounds to the body this morning. Sometime around 7:20 a.m., officers in the village showed up at a block factory in the New Site area where they observed the lifeless body of twenty-six-year-old […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Escaped prisoners Kendale Flores and Luke Bowen were captured overnight on the Placencia Peninsula, following tips from the community. This morning the recaptured men were taken to the Police Training Academy in Belmopan before they were charged for escaping and then taken to the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville from where they escaped on October […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Forty-four-year-old American National Jadiel Rojas and his sixteen-year-old son were detained by San Ignacio police on Wednesday night. Rojas, who has been residing in Belize illegally, is wanted by U.S. authorities for the alleged kidnapping of a child. Upon reviewing their passports, the Immigration and Nationality Department found that both father and son did not […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A number of persons have been arrested for violating the quarantine regulations either for social distancing or for not wearing a mask. And according to Commissioner Chester Williams, over the next few days, the department will be reviewing pictures and videos captured over the course of the day where party supporters were in clear violation […]
Written on October 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Although both major political parties agreed not to hold the traditional mass gathering of supporters and motorcades through the streets, there were instances when that commitment was not upheld, much to the disappointment of ComPol Chester Williams. And as it relates to the city, traffic department vehicles and police were seen escorting the motorcades. Williams […]
Written on October 21, 2020 | Posted in
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With a preliminary post-mortem of the activities held on Nomination Day, we asked the Commissioner of Police about his expectations for Election Day. Long lines of voters are expected to form and the machinery of political parties will be in full gear. We asked the ComPol how the police department plans to mitigate mass gatherings […]
Written on October 21, 2020 | Posted in
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The police have swiftly charged persons who were not wearing face masks or social distancing in the village of Red Bank when a confrontation erupted between party supporters on Sunday. A total of twelve persons were taken to court, nine of them are from the Cal family who were involved in a clash with U.D.P. […]
Written on October 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Three more escapees are in police custody tonight, leaving nine more on the run. Police say that Albert Banner handed himself in this morning. The reports are that he surrendered at the Hattieville Police Station and allegedly told cops on duty that he is doing so because he was hungry. The second prisoner to be […]
Written on October 20, 2020 | Posted in
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An armed robbery occurred with the speed of lightening at a Corozal store on Monday night. Surveillance cameras were rolling as the armed men entered Gou Tai Store and proceed to jack the business owner who in fear hands over an undisclosed amount of cash. A customer, Mario Carillo, who arrived at the store was […]
Written on October 20, 2020 | Posted in
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There are twenty-three more days to go before the general elections on November eleventh and emotions are reaching fever pitch among party supporters. On Sunday, in the village of Red Bank in the Stann Creek District, an ugly confrontation took place among supporters of both major political parties, the U.D.P. and the P.U.P. COVID protocols […]
Written on October 19, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was asked about the incident in Red Bank Village and he says that when he saw the video, he immediately gave the directive to arrest persons who appear in the video committing a violation. Commissioner Williams confirmed that shots were fired by a police officer who was in the area […]
Written on October 19, 2020 | Posted in
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In the aftermath of the prison break, the narrative of what transpired is gradually being released. As you know, there is an investigation underway by the police department into the incident. But today, C.E.O. of the Kolbe Foundation, Virgilio Murillo said that the incident was a hostage situation turned escape and that the integrity of […]
Written on October 19, 2020 | Posted in
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Tonight, the Belize Police Department says that there is no evidence that the mass prison breakout resulted from an inside job. You’ll recall that on Tuesday of last week Commissioner of Police Chester Williams said that there certain parts of the prison escape narrative weren’t adding up. So, today we asked Commissioner of Police Chester […]
Written on October 19, 2020 | Posted in
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