1. Two murders in 3 hours, many shootings in 3 days 2. Belizean car dealers held hostage by cartel in Mexico until they paid a ransom 3. PUP Supporter makes 100x purchase price on gov't compensation for land 4. Prime minister will receive Budna report on Tuesday - will it meet minimum credibility standard? 5. Prime minister's UN speech 6. GOB having a press conference? | 7 News Belize
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5 Murders In 32 Hours Seven shootings leading to five murders – all in a span of 32 hours. A spike in gun violence has erupted in Belize, leaving many families grieving tonight. Of the five murder victims, four are from Belize City and two were killed last night. Just before that double murder, was a double shooting. It was mayhem in the Southside last night, and Courtney Menzies has a run down of the incidents. | 7 News Belize
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Belize Records 91 Murders in 2025, Police Address Violence Surge Police Commissioner Dr. Richard Rosado says Belize saw little change in the murder count last year compared to 2024. Ninety-one murders were recorded in 2025, just one less than the previous year, with October alone accounting for eleven of those cases. Today, Rosado outlined what police are doing to tackle the recent surge in violence that has Belizeans concerned. . . Join our growing WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel
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Killed After he Dropped His Daughter at School The gang violence that gripped the community yesterday with two murders in 6 hours - continued this morning when another man was killed. 31 year old Kadeem Orozco was targeted while walking home after dropping off his daughter at school, and while he’s not known as a gang member, police are almost certain that his murder was gang related. Jomarie Lanza was one of the first on the scene and here's what she gathered. . . . Four persons have been detai
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TUN’S TO COURT FOR SAN PEDRO MURDER And while he is at large, his alleged accomplices are in jail. Tonight Gabriel Villafranco, the man charged with the murder of 25-year-old Jerry Espat as well as his alleged side-men, Pedro and Sergio Tun, who are themselves charged with the attempted murder of Kirian Espat, use of deadly means of harm, and dangerous harm, are all on remand at the Belize Central Prison. This is despite the fact that the Tun family believes their brothers have a credible alibi.
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And while that is Orange Walk, the Corozal District has witnessed two murders in three days. The first happened last week Wednesday in the village of Calcutta, and then there was another- likely an execution on Saturday morning in Corozal Town. Cherisse Halsall has more: | 7 News Belize
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Two murders were reported last night, in less than two hours, and both in the Belize District. 37-year-old Jareth Tablada was the first victim, a resident of the Gungulung area. He left his home to buy Boledo but never returned. Now, his three kids are left without both their parents in what may have been a land dispute which escalated to murder. @Courtney Menzies has the story. Tablada’s kids are aged 6, 10, and 11. | 7 News Belize
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Accused Murderer Gunned Down On Faber's Road And moving now to crime, there have been three murders in the Belize District since Friday morning. The latest one happened just this afternoon, sometime after 2:00. 32-year-old Carl Reneau was on Faber’s Road Extension, not far from his own home, when he was shot several times. He succumbed to his injuries, continuing the trend of a bloody weekend. And this murder is a heartbreaking one for Reneau’s family, especially his stepfather who had just spok
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Less than 24 hours later, another Raheem, 23-year-old Raheem Myles had also been shot and killed in a very similar scenario. Police believe the two murders are directly connected. Myles was hanging out with friends at the corner of Faber’s Road and Waight streets when he was gunned down. This morning the Commissioner of Police provided an explanation for the connection between the killing of the two Raheem’s, each gunned down in the other’s neighborhood: | 7 News Belize
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Orozco Was Killed Despite Heavy Police Presence And after the two murders yesterday, police presence was heavy in the turf of the rival gangs - which are concentrated in the Martin’s area. But, despite the heavy police presence and dozens of detention since yesterday, still, a gunman was able to take Orozco’s life. The media asked the new ComPol, Dr Richard Rosado, if they faltered somewhere in their tactics. He said that the police have been on high alert since Saturday’s shooting of Jimmy Roja
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Spate Of Murders Triggers State Of Emergency It’s been eight months since Belize’s last state of emergency was implemented in Belize City. But today, the police and BDF stormed areas of Southside Belize City, Hattieville, and Roaring Creek as an SOE was put into place this morning. It’s a measure used in only extreme circumstances to control crime, but this SOE was initiated to prevent retaliation and to assist with ongoing investigations. And today the Commissioner of Police was in the Antelope
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Gang Warfare So, since July 17th, there have been four gang related murders in the Belize District - and there is the constant threat of retaliation. So what are the police doing about it? And does this escalation indicate that the vaunted Leadership Intervention Unit and its mitigation measures are failing? And, with police now charging gang leaders for gang membership - are the cops desperate to get them off the street as a means of de-escalating the violence? We asked the Commissioner today:
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Four Attempted Murders Amid Gang Flareups This morning’s attempt on Andre Kerr’s life marks the fourth attempted murder in Belize City since last Friday, a troubling sign that gang violence is on the rise. So, what is the Belize Police Department doing to stop the bloodshed? Commissioner of Police Dr. Richard Rosado weighs in on the growing concern and the department’s response. #News5Belize #News5Live | News 5 Live
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Third Murder In Corozal In Less Than Two Months Back in May, when the country saw 21 murders – a tie for the most murderous month in the past decade – the Corozal district had been spared from all that bloodshed. But that reprieve quickly ended and in the past five weeks, when there have been three murders in Corozal. The most recent, Angel Chimal, has left his family in shock since he was a friendly locksmith who didn’t cause trouble. His wife is now left to figure out what exactly happened in
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"Wrong Place At The Wrong Time" Before the break you heard the latest on the three murders that happened in the last five days. But, actually there have been 5 murders in the city in the past 8 days - and as the killings have shown, it’s getting dangerous to go around to your friend’s house for a round of beers or a game of checkers. It seems that what’s emerging is a pattern of indiscriminate shootings, that send a very specific message. I took a look back at 7 such murders, all of which happen
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Police Make Arrests In 2 Cayo Murders This weekend Police made arrests in 2 prominent murder cases in the Cayo District. About 4 months ago, we told you about the shooting murder of 54-year-old Gonzalo Rosado, the former General Manager of the Border Management Agency. Rosado was found dead inside his vehicle, in front of his yard in San Jose Succotz. Someone shot and killed him after he went to pick up a familiar female and 2 other passengers. Then, last month, 49-year-old Wayne Cadle, a superv
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Thirteen Murdered In Thirty One Days And while that shooting did not result in a fatality, there were thirteen murder victims for the month of January. That’s the highest it’s been since 2018 and the victims ranged from gang figures to children. It’s an ominous start to the new year and, now, thirteen families will spend years, maybe a lifetime trying to put their lives back together. Courtney Menzies took a look back at last month’s murders and has this story. | 7 News Belize
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Harmless Mentally ill man murdered There were two murders reported yesterday - one in Belize City and one in Roaring Creek - and both victims were 67 years old. The one in Belize City happened just after 10:00 last night. The victim? a former US army veteran, who was stabbed to death by someone he was socializing with. Jomarie Lanza has this story. | 7 News Belize
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Alleged Double Murderers Arraigned A car dealer and a driver were remanded to prison today after they were charged for the murders of Burrell Boom residents, Felix Martinez and Adelita Gillett. The couple was killed in the vehicle on Monday night, leaving their loved ones shocked and devastated. To everyone they knew, Martinez and Gillett were friendly, ambitious, and dedicated to their 10 year old, who will now grow up without both his parents. And tonight their entire community is in stunned d
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We didn’t have any weekend murders to report last night - and the whole country was surely glad for the break from homicidal violence - especially after a very heavy weekend of COVID casualties. And just as we were all trying to get past that, then came double murder Monday night: two men killed within minutes of each other on the southside of Belize City. We start tonight with the murder of 26-year-old Keith Courtenay. He was gunned down on Ebony street and if his name sounds familiar that’s be
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At the top of the news, we told you about the southside state of emergency caused by a spate of 6 murders in the city and 8 shootings in 48 hours between Monday and Tuesday. Today at the police press conference, Assistant Commissioner Joseph Myvette, the head of national crimes investigation gave the press an update on the recent spate of crimes: | 7 News Belize
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Murder on Lime Street We’ve been reporting on a string of murders in the Belize District for the past two weeks, but tonight the headline is about a murder in Belmopan, which had not seen a murder for 2 months. The victim of this latest shooting is 33 year old contractor, Brodam Santos, who was shot and killed while socializing in his yard last night. Jomarie Lanza followed this story today: . . . Police are still searching for suspects in this murder. Jalen Banner was formally arrested and char
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Stabbed to Death in Blackman Eddy It was another deadly weekend in Belize - with three more murders recorded - bringing the total for the year so far to 59, an alarming 44% increase from last year. And this weekend’s killings result from varied acts of violence - one was domestic, one gang related, the other targeted a senior citizen. We start with the domestic incident - which ended in a fatal stabbing in Blackman Eddy. It leaves a family with more questions than answers, as to how their younge
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“Kevin” Killed, Joseph Budna Injured in San Ignacio Shooting There were four murders recorded over the weekend – two in Belize City and two out west, in the Cayo District and in two of the incidents, minors are the victims. We begin tonight’s newscast with the murder of a teenager, believed to be a minor, at Smith’s Family Farm on Branch Mouth Road of San Ignacio Town. A gunman opened fire in the direction of the room to a cabin where Joseph Budna and another person, believed to be a minor, were
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Belize City Youth Murdered in San Pedro Town There were three murders in less than twenty-four hours in Belize City, Stann Creek and San Pedro. The latest murder was on the island, but the victim is from south-side Belize City where police are on alert in the event that the killing may result in retaliation. It is not clear when Brandon Humes went to San Pedro, but he was found shot to death this morning inside an apartment on Coconut Drive near San Pedro RC School. How he got there and why is u
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Father Of Two Murdered In Front Of Mother In Law There were two murders in 6 hours in the Belize District today. And that’s why tonight the head of the new Commissioner of Police is very hot - as government may be forced to activate a Southside state of emergency - only five days after Romero took over. The two killings happened in the rural Belize District - but they spring directly from a Belize City gang war between two sets in the Martin’s area. That’s a long way from the peaceful rural sett
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Tonight, there’s a family in mourning for a husband, a father, and a breadwinner. It’s one of those rarer Belize City murders with no motive and very little explanation. The result being that Augustin Coc who, like the rest of us, should have been looking forward to spending a quarantine Christmas at home has been forever separated from his wife and young family. Here’s that story. | 7 News Belize
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Attempted Murder on Iguana Street Apart from that drowning, the weekend saw two murders - and we’ll have those later on, but first we go to a city shooting that happened in broad daylight today. At 10:35 am, a 20 year old was socializing with a group of friends when he was targeted on Iguana Street. Police say the shooting stems from an internal feud in the area. I was at the scene shortly after the shooting: | 7 News Belize
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Highway Pursuit Leads To Murder: Man Killed By Girlfriend's Ex This past weekend saw another round of violence with two murders and a death investigation following the discovery of a body. The first murder occurred on Saturday evening, and like the two murder incidents last week, it involved a licensed firearm. 30-year-old Damion Baptist spent the day in Grace Bank with a woman he’d recently started seeing. As they were headed to his home in Burrell Boom, her ex-boyfriend began pursuing them on
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