Local News

Reports from San Pedro town say that four teenage boys have been charged in connection with the death of forty six year old Emerito Itza.  Itza died on Monday of this week after he was badly beaten on the night of Wednesday, October tenth in San Pedro town.  Because of their ages, the names of the boys cannot be released, but Love News understands that they were read a charge of manslaughter when they appeared before a Justice of the Peace last night in San Pedro town.  The JP remanded the boys to the Hattieville prison until they can be formally arraigned before a Magistrate.  As we have reported previously, Itza, a resident of the village of San Jose Succotz in the Cayo district, was brutally attacked in San Pedro town, where he worked.  He was initially treated at the local polyclinic and released.  But twenty four hours later Itza had to be readmitted and then a decision was taken to transfer him to the KHMH for further treatment where he died. Emerito Itza was laid to rest in San Jose Succotz village on Thursday afternoon.