| Belizean’s Mysterious Death In Melchor |
| Tue, April 22, 2014 |
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A Belizean was killed in Melchor over the Easter. 22 year old Benque Viejo Resident, Edwin Javier Chan was fatally shot either late on Friday night or early Saturday morning, reportedly at Auto Hotel in the Barrio Campito area of Melchor. 7News has confirmed that Chan had a gunshot wound to the left side of his head, most likely from a handgun. Interestingly, he had not been robbed of his jewelry or passport, only his phone was missing. Police confirm that he seemed to have been beaten up before he was killed. His body was returned to Belize on Saturday night and he was buried yesterday.
So, what led to his death? We do know that he left for Melchor at 4:30 pm on Friday night and was reportedly with friends. They say they left him there and returned to Benque Viejo. Interestingly, his passport has an exit stamp from Melchor dated Friday April 18th - the same day he entered at 4:30 pm. That suggests that on Friday night, he reached the Guatemalan side of the border - but did not make it to Belize. We know that because his passport had no re-entry stamp to Belize -suggesting that he was likely called back over to that side before he crossed back into Belize.
From that point no one seems to know what happened - but there are reports that shots were heard around 4:00 am on Saturday morning. Melchor is known to be dangerous and gun violence is common. Police on that side are dealing with the case, but based on experience, not much is expected to come out of it.
In October 2012, 23 year old Benqueno Miguel Gonzalez was killed in Melchor and no one has been arrested.
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