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The badly decomposed remains of an individual believed to be twenty-three-year-old Phozaun Lewis, was discovered in the Maxboro neighborhood of Sand Hill Village on July twenty-first. The body was found behind the steering wheel of a BMW vehicle. But who would have killed Phozaun and why? Police say that his murder may have been the […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Going back to the work of the Leadership Intervention Unit, ComPol Williams reiterated that the individuals, who are mixed up in the rash of gun violence in Belize City lately, are not members of the L.I.U. In fact, he’s gone a step further to say that even if they were, those persons aren’t above the […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Four Belize City residents have been murdered in the last nine days. The latest victim to lose his life is twenty-nine-year-old Steven Moss, a resident of Queen Charlotte Street. If the name sounds familiar that is because Moss was charged in connection with a murder in 2017, in front of what is now Club Bizzo. […]
Written on July 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, thirty-one-year-old Alexander Underwood was arraigned inside the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on a single charge of being a member of a gang. Allegations against Underwood are that he is a member of the Southside Gang (SSG) and has engaged in committing serious offenses. Underwood appeared before a Senior Magistrate where he pled not guilty. […]
Written on July 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Brothers Delson and Tionne Paguada were convicted of the murder of Paul Jex in the High Court on Monday. Another suspect, Timothy Carcamo, was set free because he could not have been positively identified as the third person at the scene of the deadly shooting in San Pedro on the evening of January twenty-third, 2018. […]
Written on July 25, 2023 | Posted in
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According to Amancia Martinez, the attempt that one of her sons made while in detention yesterday was not to escape from police custody, but to take his own life. The distraught mother says that Tionne Paguada has tried on previous occasions to commit suicide. On the phone: Amancia Martinez, Mother of Paguada Brothers “So […]
Written on July 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Chaos erupted inside the courtroom of Justice Nigel Pilgrim this morning when brothers Delson and Tionne Paguada were found guilty of murder and a third suspect was freed of the same charge. We’ve been covering the trial of the siblings since they were arrested along with Timothy Carcamo for the murder of Paul Jex in […]
Written on July 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Nineteen-year-old Adrian Hernandez and a seventeen-year-old minor were set free this afternoon, after they were charged jointly for the murder of Emert Flowers in December 2022. Sixty-one-year-old Flowers was gunned down on his property on Racecourse Street and his son, Kyle Latchman, remains missing, presumed dead. When the duo appeared in the lower court today, […]
Written on July 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Hattieville resident Tyler Lewis remains in a critical, but stable condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being shot on Sunday night at his home in the East Windmill area of the village. Reports are that someone called out for Lewis and when he opened the front door, he came face-to-face with a gunman […]
Written on July 24, 2023 | Posted in
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A man was shot late on Sunday night in the Lake Independence area in Belize City. The victim, twenty-three-year-old Jordan Waight, who also goes by the name Jordan Burns, was reportedly walking on Ordonez Avenue sometime around eleven p.m., when a gunman shot him in the foot. The attacker then fled. It is not known […]
Written on July 24, 2023 | Posted in
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It went viral last week on social media when a prisoner escaped from police in front of the Corozal Town Hospital, and the officer tripped and fell while chasing the escapee. The chase took place on Wednesday after the prisoner, Tyrone Reyes, duped the officer and told him he needed to see a doctor because […]
Written on July 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The lifeless body of a man was discovered off the Phillip Goldson Highway this afternoon. Police have been unable to confirm the identity of the individual. But, the family of twenty-three-year-old Phozaun Lewis believes it is him. Lewis went missing on Tuesday, though the family did not make any official report of his disappearance according […]
Written on July 21, 2023 | Posted in
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We have reported on two murders in the Old Capital over the last five days, that of Jasmine Domingo and Nicholi Rhys. Both individuals died as a result of gunshot injuries. It is no secret that many of these criminals employ the use of illegal firearms and ammunitions in the execution of these heinous crimes. […]
Written on July 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Minister Musa contends that regulating the sale of marijuana will drastically decrease the number of gangs and illegal firearms across Belize City. He is of the view that with these regulations in place, murders connected to the sale of cannabis will see a drastic reduction. Here is how he puts it. Kareem Musa, Minister […]
Written on July 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A road service permit granted to Serrano’s Bus Service expired on July fourteenth and the Transport Board has voted not to renew the company’s license. On Thursday, Minister of Transport Rodwell Ferguson spoke on various breaches allegedly committed by transport provider. But the company is not going down quietly, a claim has been filed in […]
Written on July 21, 2023 | Posted in
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There was a daring attack shortly after one p.m. today on Neal Pen Road that claimed the life of thirty-two-year-old Nicholi Rhys. The deadly shooting also injured Jervis Samuels who, police say, was in the company of Rhys when a lone gunman approached them. The unnamed assailant pursued both men and opened fire on them […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Over the past few days, we have been reporting on the tragic murder of Jasmine Domingo, a young mother who was shot and killed while sleeping inside her home on Plues Street. Her four-year-old daughter was also struck in the thigh by a bullet. Since then, it has been revealed that the deadly incident stemmed […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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There has been a noticeable reduction in violent crimes being recorded across the country. The Belize Police Department has been employing a crime fighting strategy that has yielded results in the number of murders and related offenses being committed. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, it is the result of a concerted effort being […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier this month, we told you that Cabinet has approved the establishment of a Firearm and Ammunition Control Board. The announcement came following public scrutiny over the issuance of gun and ammunition license to known criminals. This morning, Kareem Musa, the Minister of Home Affairs, provided details on the composition of that board. Musa made […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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So, what are the Commissioner of Police’s thoughts on the establishment of a Firearm and Ammunition Control Board? The ComPol, under the old system, has been responsible for signing off on firearm and ammunition license. That responsibility will now be stripped from him in the midst of public scrutiny. He says that we will have […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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It is one of the worst tragedies a family can endure – a combustion that kills two of their children, leaving all the other siblings, and their parents with varying degrees of burn injuries. That is what happened on Tuesday night in the peaceful and remote Mennonite village of Neuland in Corozal. The village has […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize City police have ramped up their presence in the Plues Street area, following the deadly predawn shooting of Jasmine Domingo and her four-year-old daughter. The incident, according to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, may have been precipitated by an internal feud within the George Street gang. Officers have been on patrol in the vicinity […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Nineteen-year-old Kijahe Molina, charged with wounding twenty-eight-year-old Zani Savala, a police constable, was today offered bail of a thousand dollars when he appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court to face the charge. Molina gave his occupation as a call center agent of Elston Kerr Street, Belize City. That is just two blocks from where […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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An accused burglar escaped from lawful custody earlier today after feigning ill during his court appearance in Corozal Town. The suspect told the magistrate that he was not feeling well and when a police officer was ordered to escort him to the hospital, he took off running. The officer quickly set chase, ran a short […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The family of Karen and Teena Skeen, as well as Robert Vellos Senior is demanding justice, ten years after their loved ones were brutally murdered, allegedly at the hands of a son. Jared Ranguy is believed to be the person who viciously dispatched his mother, sister and stepfather inside their home in Ladyville back in […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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