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He sat in the seat of power in the so-called hotbed of corruption for ten years, as the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, but tonight Wilbert Vallejos finds himself in the proverbial hot seat. That’s because heavily armed members of the Mobile Interdiction Team descended on Vallejos’ residence in Patchakan Village, Corozal District earlier today. […]
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Twenty-five-year-old Shane Flowers was the last murder victim for 2020. The Taylor’s Alley resident was dispatched in a hail of bullets on New Year’s Eve and a female companion with whom he was walking on West Street is hospitalized for gunshot injuries she sustained during the attack. Flowers is no stranger to the law and […]
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The first murder for the New Year was recorded on the night of January first in Santa Cruz Village in southern Belize. The body of Placencia resident, Kelvin Lindo was discovered face down in the backyard of Santa Cruz villager, Honduran national Herminio Gutierrez Alvarez. Gutierrez reported to police that he was socializing with a […]
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Four other persons lost their lives over the extended weekend. The first includes a fourteen-year-old boy whose body was discovered in a sitting position in a bedroom at the home of Jose Puc on the morning of January first in San Jose Succotz. On December thirty-first, the minor, Myron Shamir Itza complained to his mother […]
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An investigation is underway in Belize City where a resident, who was detained by police, was discovered dead inside a holding cell at the precinct. Gregorio Bowen was taken into custody for an incident in which he reportedly wounded another person, but after two o’clock this morning he was found nude and hanging inside the […]
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Two persons also died as a result of a collision on the Southern Highway between a motorcycle and a pickup truck around six p.m. on January second. Sixteen-year-old Edwin Marquez was riding a motorcycle on the highway when a Chevy Colorado pickup truck travelling in the opposite direction came into his path. The collision occurred […]
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Belize’s first Governor General Doctor Dame Elmira Minita Gordon died New Year’s Day in Inglewood, California at the age of ninety. Doctor Dame Minita Gordon served as Governor General from 1981 to 1993 and was the first woman in the Commonwealth to assume the role. A condolence message from Prime Minister John Briceño says, “Dame […]
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Doctor Dame Minita Gordon was educated in Belize City at Saint John’s Girl’s School and Saint Mary’s Primary School, and later graduated to attend the Teacher’s Training College. Her first teaching post was at an Anglican school. She then went on to lecture at the Belize Teacher’s Training College, after which she became an Education […]
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While 2020 closed with the murder of Shane Flowers, it still ended on a high note for the Belize Police Department. The murder rate is significantly down; in fact the number of major crimes reduced significantly across the board. There were one hundred and two murders in 2020, which is thirty-two less when compared to […]
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And so, going into 2021, ComPol Chester Williams and his senior officers are already in the process of re-strategizing the department’s crime fighting efforts, with a view to realize a further reduction in criminal activities across the country. That strategy will be launched in the weeks ahead and will also reflect the mandate of the […]
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The Gang Suppression Unit has been dissolved and so too has the Anti-Gang Task Force. In their place is a new component of law enforcement that will specialize in hunting down and prosecuting underworld figures involved in organized crime, including gang activity. The G.I.3, as the elite group will now be known, will focus on […]
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So what becomes of the officers that formed the erstwhile Gang Suppression Unit, will they also be part of the most recent iteration of special assignment officers? According to ComPol Williams, it is not an automatic transition and many will not be joining the G.I. Three. He says that a thorough background check will be […]
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Police are also investigating the disappearance of an elderly man in the west. But this missing person’s case is unlike others we’ve covered and as police and family members have been searching for sixty-nine-year-old Miguel Caceros, they fear that the worst has happened. Caceros was last seen alive on New Year’s Day at a farm […]
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There was yet another weed bust on the Philip Goldson Highway. In Orange Walk on January second, police intercepted a vehicle driven at the time by Akeem Bowen; he was accompanied by Curlan Phillips. A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of four parcels of suspected cannabis, weighing four point five kilos or […]
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Intake 95 will go down as arguably the most diverse and qualified cohort of young recruits to enlist in the Belize Police Department. Only two hundred and twenty-five eligible men and women will make the final cut, however, interested candidates from across the country journeyed to Belmopan last week to submit their applications. The addition […]
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The government is reporting that the Guatemalan Navy illegally entered Belize’s territorial waters on Thursday, December thirty-first, in the south. A release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that members of the Guatemalan Navy illegally entered Belize’s territorial waters aboard a vessel and were at one point more than a kilometre north of the […]
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Six additional COVID-19 deaths were recorded on the final day of 2020 and over the weekend two additional deaths were also reported. Seven new COVID-19 deaths were reported today, bringing the total of COVID-19 deaths to two hundred and fifty-seven. The Ministry of Health and Wellness says that although seven deaths are being reported today, […]
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The first baby of 2021 was delivered at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. Weighing in at nine pounds four ounces, baby Bryce was born to thirty-year-old Joycelin Moguel. Baby Bryce was born at one-twenty-five in the morning. The birth of Bryce on January first would ordinarily be followed by a brief ceremony […]
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