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The Belize Times
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The Truth Shall Make You Free
20 APRIL 2014 | ISSUE NO: 4891
Ernest “Dangalong” Thurton
Darrington Lauriano
Luke Cox
Saul Garcia
Alfonso Cruz
the Holy Saturday Cross Country race?
Bloody Streets!!
6 Murders in 4 days
Kevin Rodriguez
WHO WILL WIN
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Belize City, April 15, 2014 On the same week Belize was named the 3rd most dangerous country in the world by the United Nations this week, criminal violence has escalated with six cold murders in just four days across the country. Four of those murders occurred in Belize City alone. The latest homicide occurred in the broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon. Well known cyclist, 41 year old Ernest “Dangalong” Thurton, had stopped by his aunt’s house in the Junesville Area when he was attacked by a gunman who fatally shot him in the back. Thurton, who is employed by Santiago Castillo Limited as a messenger, was delivering company payments in the form of cheques earlier, and it is believed that may have been the motive for the attack. The Police have not said if anything was taken from Thurton.
Thurton is not known as a troublemaker. He had stopped by his aunt’s home to ensure that it was secure. His aunt is in the United States, and Thurton had been securing the house. Thurton’s murder is the fourth in what has been a bloody chronology of violence which began on Saturday. Even UDP Minister Anthony Boots Martinez got a dreadful, up close view of the bloody street warfare which his Government has nurtured with their refusal to genuinely get young, frustrated black males out of poverty and socio-economic decline, when he witnessed a murder on Saturday evening. The Minister was playing “danimoes”, as he called it, less than 10 feet from the exact crime spot inside the ageold Mike’s Club, located on Regent Street West. 27 year old Darrington Lauriano, a known street figure who has had major brushes with the law in the past, had no idea that death had
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Murder Capital!
UN names Belize – 3rd Most Deadly Country in the World Belize City, April 14, 2014 On the eve of what has been the most murderous weekend for this year, a report issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) placed international scrutiny on Belize for its domestic problems related to crime and poor citizen security.
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“We will block US capital” Maya Leaders say they will “use all necessary action” to defend customary lands
2013 Champ Darnell Barrow
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