Hunters Shoot Robbers UPDATE!

Police reports have confirmed that Deon Williams, 21 year old Belizean laborer of San Pedrito Area, was arrested and charged in connection with the Tres Cocos Robbery that took place on Saturday, April 10. Williams has been charged with attempted robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. (Full Story Here)

San Pablo Robbery

Another robbery took place last night in the San Pablo Area on the early house of Saturday, October 10th. Nano’s Store located on Pearl Street was a victim of a robbery that took place around 1:00am. Access to the store was gained by breaking the side show window. According to unofficial reports, the robbers went away with the cash register and liquor. Police arrived shortly at the scene and are still investigating the robbery. This comes only about a month after the Espinosa Store robbery where armed robbers shot and injured two store employees on the same street. More information on this story on next week issue of the newspaper.

Gun Shots Fired at Grocery Shop Robbery

Espinosa's Store on Pearl St., San Pablo Area

Gun shots were fired at an attempted robbery last night and two people were injured during an altercation at Espinosa's Store located on Pearl Street at the San Pablo Area. Shortly after 9:30p.m. on September 1, two masked men entered the store and held up shop attendant, Juan Jose Lopez Espinosa and security guard Alvaro Ramos. According to witnesses at the scene, it was after the shop attendant and the security guard put up a struggle against the two assailants that the gun shots were fired. Lopez was shot in the face but is in a stable condition while Ramos was shot in the back and was listed in a critical condition. Both men were airlifted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) in Belize City. No arrests have been made and the Police launched an intensive search in the general area, and residents were questioned. The incident takes place just days before the community is to meet with Police personnel and other officials to address the issues of crime in San Pedro and Caye Caulker communities.

Crime Meeting

The Belize Tourism Industry Association, mindful that crime bears a negative impact on conducting business in tourism, continues to advocate for initiatives that seek to combat crim. In light of this, BTIA national is commencing a series of destination meetings to discuss the state of crime in areas with a view to present recommendations for fighting crime in the locales.

The first in a series of such meetings will be in San Pedro for Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker. The meeting is slated for Friday, September 4, 2009, at Sunbreeze Hotel at 3:00p.m. to discuss crime in Caye Caulker and 5:00p.m. to discuss crime in San Pedro.

Recognizing the seriousness of our concerns, on hand we expect the CEO Ministry of National Security, the commissioner of Police, the Head of TPU Unit, the Director of Tourism or Director Product Development, the CEO or representative of Ministry of Tourism and the NICH representative for Park and Attraction security.