Police are moving swiftly with charges relating to one of the biggest drug busts in Belize. Four of six foreigners were arraigned today for the drug plane that landed at an illegal airstrip off the Coastal Road on Sunday night. The group comprises of two Honduran nationals, a Mexican pilot and a commercial pilot from […]
According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the two hospitalized suspects will be criminally charged once they are discharged from the K.H.M.H. When the six men were apprehended on Sunday during the bust, there was a shootout with the police. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The persons charged are, we have Carlos Cruz. He […]
The illegal plane landing took place on an illegal airstrip on private property off the Coastal Road in the Belize District. It is believed that the men legally entered through the western border days before the drug plane landing. It is also believed that they may have canvassed the area to prepare the illegal landing. […]
There are further details tonight on the arrest of senior government official, Reynaldo Verde. Verde is the deputy director of the Belize Tax Service Department. Over the past weekend he was detained at the Washington Dulles airport by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. He was returning from a conference in Brussels and he is facing […]
A well-coordinated and strategic anti-drug operation led to a police shootout and the confiscation of one thousand two hundred and ten parcels of cocaine packed in forty-one bails on board a King Air twelve engine aircraft. The parcels had the marking “Oro” and “Cat” on it. Six persons, four from Honduras, one from Ecuador and […]
According to the Commissioner, at the sight of law enforcement officers, one of the vehicles with suspects in it took off. Officers set chase while others remained at the landing scene. That is when the fiery shoot-out between police and the drug traffickers took place. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Shots were fired and […]
Three of the men who were shot are under heavy police guard at the K.H.M.H. where officers this morning were shown several of the exits. Interestingly, no locals were found at the scene. The drug plane is in good condition and authorities are preparing to have it relocated to the B.D.F. air wing at the […]
At today’s press briefing, C.E.O. in the Ministry of National Security, Retired Colonel George Lovell spoke to the importance of working with regional partners and countries that form part of the trans-national drug operation network. Ret’d Col. George Lovell, C.E.O., Ministry of National Security “We have been working closely with our allies and it […]
A brawl on Saturday night in San Ignacio led to murder. It started among a group of twenty persons and soon escalated in front of a well-known supermarket. Twenty-six year old Berrisford Budna had joined in the wild confrontation. He left the violent scene but was followed and later found stabbed to death in a […]
A pair of twenty-year-old men received various degrees of injury following a shooting incident on George Street on Sunday morning. Laquan Flowers and Mark Phillips were reportedly at a residence sometime shortly before midday when a grey sports utility vehicle drove up from the direction of Racecourse Street. One of the occupants of the S.U.V. […]
There is word that Reynaldo Verde, Deputy Director of General Services in the General Sales Tax Department, has been arrested in the United States. Verde was attending a conference in Belgium and was on his way back to Belize. He was nabbed in Washington D.C.by U.S. law enforcement. Verde is said to be under investigation […]
The village of San Victor is located off the Philip Goldson Highway in the Corozal District. Its strategic location in proximity of the Rio Hondo has converted it into a hot spot for contrabandistas who go five miles to cross the river and smuggle products from neighbouring Chetumal. Police and customs are constantly on patrol […]
Late this evening police issued an official report saying that Police were on patrol in the Village around five o’clock on Thursday evening. As they neared the river, they saw a pickup loaded with contraband beers and soft drinks. The Police report adds that when officers intercepted the pickup, they were attacked by villagers with […]
A task force has been formed to monitor and address the New River crisis that has not only left students and teachers sick in Orange Walk Town, but also disrupted the economy and daily lives of Orangewalkeños. The task force, which is made up of several government representatives, N.G.O.s and relevant stake holders met today […]
According to D.O.E., the New River catchment is currently facing the worst drought seen in recent times. This drought was forecasted by the National Meteorological Service which has collected data showing that rainfall for this year’s rainy season has been the lowest since 1983. This extreme drought combined with the vulnerability of the New River […]
The Department of Environment is now moving swiftly to address the New River crisis that continues to plague the community of Orange Walk. The health of the New River has been declining for the past months due to several factors. The situation has gotten so bad that students and teachers of the adjacent La Inmaculada […]
The heavy stench emanating from the New River has spread to a large portion of Orange Walk Town, affecting thousands of its residents. The Department of Environment has embarked in a cleanup exercise, removing the dead fish and other dead organism from the bank of the New River as one of the first steps in […]
Coastguard officer Brian Orellana was granted and met bail in the Supreme Court this morning where he appeared before Justice Herbert Lord in the presence of attorney Hurl Hamilton. The charge against Orellana is that on Monday morning he assaulted Cristina Teul with a firearm in the San Martin area of Belmopan. He was initially […]
The dangerous level of contamination of the New River is taking a toll in many sectors. Students from La Inmaculada School have had to be sent home because of the gases that have been creating a stench at the river. Business owners along the New River are feeling the pinch in their pockets. The New […]
The Ministry of Education continues to monitor the situation as it pertains to La Inmaculada R.C. School. The school is located a few hundred feet away from the New River in Orange Walk Town and due to the stench of the water; its classes were suspended today and Friday. Students and teachers began reporting feeling […]
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment and Sustainable Development Omar Figueroa today commented on the declining health of the New River and the economic, health and social havoc it has been wreaking on the Orange Walk community. The effects of the pollutants in the New River are having an amplified effect on the environment due to […]
There is heightened concern if the New River fails to improve. Those living along the river bank have been enduring for weeks with no relief in sight. While the smell and other chemicals emanating from the water have hundreds worried, there is also the fear that the potable water will become affected. Today, in an […]
Mike’s Store in Vista Del Mar, Belize District, was hit by robbers on Wednesday night. Sometime after seven p.m., Ladyville police were called out to Manta Ray Boulevard where area residents had gathered seconds after the store was robbed. Reports from the area are that the residents helped in capturing one of three thieves who […]
Two men are in police custody pending charges of drug trafficking after being nabbed with ten pounds of compressed marijuana in the vicinity of Pachakan Village in the Corozal District. The bust happened on Wednesday night when officers in the area reportedly observed suspicious activity. The vehicle was pulled over and subsequently taken to the […]
Belize City resident, Oliver Rodriguez is lucky to be alive tonight. Rodriguez came under attack by a man on a bicycle. It happened at around seven o’clock on Wednesday night on North Creek Road in the City. Rodriguez was walking when he was approached by his attacker. That man jumped off the bicycle, pulled out […]
