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A number of officers of various ranks within the Belize Police Department are barred from participating in law enforcement programs funded by the United States government. Contrary to reports made elsewhere in the media of a list of officers blacklisted by Homeland Security, Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Elrington confirmed today that some cops have […]
It was reported some time ago that the U.S. had canceled the visas of officers of various ranks for their alleged involvement in illegal activities. So does the most recent ban also affect the visa status of the blacklisted officers and their ability to travel to the United States? Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Home […]
A recent expedition to the Sarstoon involving a team of reporters from Belize and Guatemala ended in a confrontation with members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces. The attempt to travel upriver with the Belize Territorial Volunteers was frustrated when journalists were aggressed by the opposing military. Earlier today, we asked Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington to […]
The illicit drug trade appears to be thriving in northern Belize. In the past twenty-four-hours, two suspected drug planes, or what was left of them, were found at different locations in Orange Walk and Corozal Districts. This morning, the news was that a drug plane landed early on Monday night in an isolated area near […]
Written on February 27, 2018 | Posted in
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There are more details tonight on the deadly beating of Ariel Audinette Salazar at his house in Orange Walk. Eight lawmen are spending their second night behind bars, charged with his murder and the attempted murder of Oscar Payes. They are not cooperating with the investigation, so there are lingering questions about what led the […]
Written on February 27, 2018 | Posted in
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The death of forty-four-year-old Humphrey Mitchell on Saturday has prompted the Belize Police Department to revisit its standard operating procedures where arrests and transportation of persons in custody are concerned. Mitchell, a Jamaican national who moved to Belize several years ago, was being escorted from Sarawee Village to Dangriga in the pan of a pickup […]
Kirk Lamb had been an employee of Government Minister Anthony Martinez for nearly a quarter-century, until his recent termination. But Lamb says insult was added to injury when he found out recently that the Minister, without getting his approval, allegedly sent cash vouchers for thousands of dollars in his name to a local credit union […]
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The Foreign Ministers of Belize and Guatemala were today at the western border for an official visit to the office of the Organization of American States, joined by the new special representative to the O.A.S.’ Secretary General, Washington Abdala. They took in special performances from neighboring children of the area after a bilateral meeting, a […]
Both Foreign Ministers were asked about the positions in both countries concerning taking the claim to the I.C.J. It has been suggested that older Guatemalans are more predisposed to supporting the claim due to indoctrination at the height of tension between the countries; Jovel Polanco spoke on that aspect. Elrington emphasized that the I.C.J. route […]
There is another high level visit coming up. Officials from Mexico are scheduled to arrive this coming Friday. The Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, and the Executive Director of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation Agustín García-López Loaeza, will be here for a few hours. The purpose […]
Tonight, eight lawmen are behind bars on charges of murder and attempted murder. Seven are members of the Belize Special Assignment Group and the other is a cop, assigned to the elite unit. The men were jointly charged over the weekend and arraigned this morning before Magistrate Albert Hoare for the deadly attack that happened […]
Written on February 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Police have another incident on their hands that is giving them a black eye. A forty-four-year-old resident of Sarawee in the south died on Saturday while in custody. Police picked up and were transporting Humphrey Mitchell when they claim he jumped out of the pan of the police vehicle. He landed on the pavement and […]
Written on February 26, 2018 | Posted in
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A suspected drug plane was discovered partially burnt this morning in an area between Indian Church and Hill Bank villages in Orange Walk District. Police say they were tipped by someone in the area that a plane had landed and it is believed that the aircraft was set on fire to dispose of any evidence […]
Written on February 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Just after six p.m. on Sunday when shots rang out near the six-mile bridge on the George Price Highway. Eighteen-year-old Darnell Domingo, a student of Western Paradise Village, and twenty-nine-year-old Francis Parham were heading to Belize City on a motorcycle, when they were approached by a white car from the opposite direction. A passenger exited […]
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Meanwhile in the Cayo District, police have one person detained in connection with a shooting incident that occurred just before midnight on Saturday. It occurred in the Arizona area of Teakettle Village just off the George Price Highway in which Adolfo Flores was shot to the leg following an altercation with a group of men. […]
Written on February 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, there was yet another confrontation in the Sarstoon River. Members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces aggressed a group of Guatemalan and Belizean journalists traveling with the Belize Territorial Volunteers. The group was stopped from going up the river, despite the avowal of Belizean authorities that our half of the Sarstoon is free […]
Financial Secretary Joseph Waight sent a blistering communication to chief executive officers some days ago asking that their finance officers stop searching for additional funds as there is no money in the coffers. Waight warned that Government will “likely have to issue more T-notes to meet the early end of year payday next month. Our […]
Written on February 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Seven soldiers of an elite unit of the Belize Defence Force and a police officer are in custody tonight following the savage beating of an Orange Walk resident at his house in Orange Walk Town. The severity of the beating caused the puncture of his lung and kidney and led to his death within hours […]
Written on February 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Noe Sanchez was the other person attacked by the group of eight soldiers and a police officer. He told his story to the media, saying that as they were being beaten they were asked questions in Spanish and Creole. Sanchez observed that the officers apparently came prepared for a violent confrontation and left with the […]
Written on February 23, 2018 | Posted in
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As we said, eight law enforcement officers are now in custody and there is an ongoing criminal and internal investigation into Ariel Audinette Salazar’s death. There are also many unanswered questions as to what this group of men was doing at Salazar’s house because they were not acting within the scope of their authority. According […]
Written on February 23, 2018 | Posted in
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ACP Chester Williams says that the men didn’t get a directive from the commanders of the Orange Walk Police Station to go to Sanchez’s house that morning. He says that based on the report, the men acted criminally and out of order. Williams says that the file will be forwarded to the D.P.P. ACP […]
Written on February 23, 2018 | Posted in
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And while the Police Department has had its fair share of a black eye, ACP Williams says that the actions of the men are not indicative of the mode of operation of the unit. He says that the police department wants to assure the public, particularly the Orange Walk Town community, that there won’t be […]
Written on February 23, 2018 | Posted in
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This morning, a most vicious act was visited on the former Regional Commander of the Salvation Army, Major Errol Robateau. The churchman now owns a bus service in Hattieville Village which runs daily between Belize City and Mile seventeen on the George Price Highway. Just before dawn, as Robateau and a female employee were preparing […]
Written on February 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Tonight, Alaine Garcia, a resident of Hattieville, remains missing, and his family believes something bad may have happened to him. The former Belize City resident was last seen on Tuesday taking his children to catch the bus to school, but on his way back home, gunshots rang out. But his family says police made a […]
Written on February 23, 2018 | Posted in
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There was a double murder on Wednesday night in the city in which the life of a twelve-year-old student was abruptly cut short on Pregnant Alley in the Mesopotamia Division. David Morrison, the Queen Street Baptist student was simply at the wrong place along with his mother and about to head home to Ladyville when […]
Written on February 22, 2018 | Posted in
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