Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil has called for the immediate release of President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured in a U.S.-led raid last month and is now imprisoned in New York on drug trafficking and “narcoterrorism” charges. Speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council in
What began as a simple Saturday getaway to Barton Creek ended in tragedy, leaving two families searching for answers. Twenty‑year‑old Manuela Vanegas and twenty‑three‑year‑old Jermaine Jerrington Ingram were returning to Unitedville after an afternoon by the water when gunmen ambushed them, cutting their lives short
Forty three year old Marlon ‘Tiny’ Usher lost his life in a stabbing on Sunday night, a confrontation his family believes spiraled out of accusations over a woman, and tonight, they’re grieving a hardworking son and provider taken far too soon. News Five’s Shane Williams
Another bold shooting in Belize City has once again put Jahreem Staine at the center of a string of automatic weapon attacks, and tonight those repeated brushes with death are raising fresh questions about public safety and the risk to innocent bystanders. News Five’s Shane
Police in Belmopan say they’ve made a major breakthrough in last week’s shocking double murder, announcing charges against the man they believe pulled the trigger. Nineteen‑year‑old Jahan Flores is now accused of killing Zamar Alvarez and Calvert Westby Jr., a crime that rattled the quiet
Police made progress this weekend on two major cases, starting in Belmopan, where investigators secured a breakthrough arrest in last week’s double murder, and continuing in Belize City, where a late‑night gun attack on Curassow Street left one man hospitalized and investigators reviewing surveillance footage
What should have been a routine court appearance in a southern murder case turned into a brief stopover in Belize City today for thirty-three‑year‑old Ellis Meighan. With no magistrate currently sitting in Independence, Meighan was brought to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court, where he arrived
Mexico is trying to steady itself after a violent shockwave ripped through twenty states in the wake of cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera’s death on Sunday. But the government’s message of calm is colliding head‑on with what people are seeing on the ground. President
If you look up in certain neighborhoods across Belize City today, you might spot something new in the sky, police drones quietly sweeping over hotspots as part of a modern push to stay one step ahead of crime. It’s all coming out of the department’s
Police are leaning heavily on technology to stay ahead of criminals, using drones and expanded camera networks to monitor hotspot areas across Belize City, while officers on the ground continue to make tactical moves of their own. That strategy paid off late last week when
