Belize City jeweler, Manuel Pacheco, is in police custody for the late Thursday evening murder of businessman Jose Villanueva. Villanueva was fatally shot yesterday evening at his workplace on Collet Canal. Police believe that the shooter is Pacheco, who owns a jewelry store located next to Villanueva’s workplace. Hipolito Novelo found out more from Villanueva’s common law wife. Late yesterday …

Twenty two year old Belizean, Brian Omar Hyde was sentenced yesterday to serve four consecutive life sentences in prison in the US. He was found guilty of killing his aunt, her pregnant daughter and the daughter’s boyfriend with a machete. He was convicted in April of four counts of second-degree murder. Prosecutors say Hyde used a machete to kill 37-year-old …

A nineteen year old has been charged for the murder of 26 year old Phylmore King, a construction worker, who was found dead at his home located on Peter Lewis Street in Hattieville Village. On Saturday morning, King was fatally shot while on his verandah. Investigators say the evidence is pointing at Darnell Arnold. Hipolito Novelo has the story. Who …

Thirty-seven year old Anthony Bennett was charged with the murder of 30 year old Erbin Enrique Garrido when he appeared today before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. He is accused of killing Garrido on Tuesday night. The police said that when they responded to a report of shots being fired in the Set Site area of Belize City they went to …

Investigators believe that Nicholi Rhys is the man who murdered taxi man, Luis Carlos Moh. Rhys was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer on a single count of murder yesterday. He stands accused of luring Moh out of his home in the Kings Park Area on Monday night. And while investigators have a suspect, ASP Alejandro Cowo says that they …

A twenty-eight-year-old’s night out turned deadly on Sunday morning. Kyne Gentle was at Blue Angels nightclub in San Ignacio Town when his life was abruptly ended. He was fatally shot in the head and abdomen while he was outside the popular establishment. The murder happened at around 12:45 on Sunday morning.  Assistant Commissioner of Police, Joseph Myvette, briefed the media. …

A taxi man was shot and killed last night in the 8 Miles Community on the George Price Highway. The latest victim of gun violence has been identified as taxi man, Luis Carlos Moh of Belize City. Assistant Superintendent of Police Alejandro Cowo told the media this morning that Moh’s body was discovered at around eleven o’clock last night after …

Police in Dangriga Town are still investigating the brazen daylight murder of 43-year-old Gabriel Laurie Jr. He was shot dead while at his resident in the Wagierale area of town. Neighbors say they heard as much as five gunshots before finding Laurie’s body at his front door.  Investigators have not established a murder and no one has been charged. Assistant …

A man was killed this afternoon in San Pedro Town. He is 57 year old Gaspar Vargas. Police say that Vargas was at a house socializing with his son-in-law when they got into an argument. According to police, the son-in-law allegedly stabbed Vargas with a knife during the argument. He died while undergoing treatment. Vargas was a Construction Worker of …

A minor is behind bars after he was charged for the murder of 25-year-old Reniery Adalid Figueroa Garcia. The San Pedro businessman was fatally shot while he was inside his shop in the San Mateo Area on Thursday night. Two persons reportedly barged into the store and shot Figueroa to the head. The men escaped by running towards the lagoon. …