Family of Slain BDF Soldier Feels Betrayed by Justice System

A family is demanding answers tonight, saying justice was quietly scaled back in a deadly shooting at a BDF outpost. After losing Clive Baizar in what was first treated as a murder case, his loved ones now say they were blindsided by a plea deal that reduced the charge and the sentence. They’re asking how such a serious case unraveled and why key evidence may never have made it to court.

 

Julie Baizar, Sister of Deceased

“When we get the call, we expected that the case was going to start now. So when she open, it was a message first, when she opened the message from Officer Flowers, he said that the accused plead guilty on manslaughter and his sentencing was going to be the coming Thursday. So my sister start to message family members like, “What is going on? How we just the get informed that the court already start and is already ending? So now, yesterday, the court went on. He get twelve years yesterday. That was the message that come back to us from Mr. Javier Chan. Twelve years, and he’s asking the family for forgiveness. But I’m talking on behalf of my family, my family is so upset because from my dad went on the news the second day my brother died, he asked for a hundred percent investigation. We want justice. My brother died on his job. He get five shot. Not one, five. Manslaughter. For manslaughter. They gave him twelve years. So my brother life went like nothing. He even died left a special need baby. From the BDF Defense Force, they are not even helping the family. This just look bad on them.”

 

Sarco incident, the Belize Defense Force updated its policy on alcohol at military bases, with a complete ban in effect.

 

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