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Man Deliberately Drives Over and Kills 24 Year Old
posted (April 16, 2012)
A 24 year old resident of Maya Mopan was killed this weekend when he was intentionally run over by a man who was either in a drunken or deranged rage.

Roberto Galdamez allegedly knocked Rudy Marroquin off his motorcyle and then drove over him as he lay sprawled out in the road.

Monica Bodden went to Belmopan today to fill in the blanks:..

Monica Bodden reporting
The bloodstain on this dirt road marks the exact spot where 24 year old Rudy Marroqin fell off the motorcycle.

In this patch of bushes on the side of the street is where the driver of the bike - 25 year old Pedro Teul landed.

It is alleged that the two men were intentionally bumped off their bike by 34 year old Roberto Galdamez who was driving a blue dodge caravan.

While Marroqin was lying on the street, Galdamez drove the van over him - killing him almost instantly.

He received head and body injuries.

Tuel who was driving the motorbike suffered abrasion to his hands, chest area, left side of his face and forehead.

The incident happened around 5am on Saturday morning in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan.

What we gathered from police is that Galdamez was socializing at Las Cabanas Nightclub earlier that night - and while under the influence, he began firing gunshots in front of the Nightclub.

He then drove off in a blue dodge caravan where he met Pedro Teul and asked him to hide the firearm because he does not have a gun license.

Later that morning, Roberto Galdamez returned for his firearm at Teul's residence but according to police Tuel could not find it.

Tuel then jumped on his motorbike along with Marroquin and headed out to drop off Marroquin home.

But Galdamez followed right behind the men.

Rudy Marroqin is a Guatemalan National who had moved to Belize just a couple months ago. And even though he had no family living in Belize, he made a lot of friends - who were all at the morgue in Belmopan grieving for the young man.

His body was brought to Belize City in a police pick-up truck where his post-mortem was down earlier this evening.

His friend described Marroquin to us.

Friend of Decease
"I know Alex for 4 months now. Alex is a good person, he doesn't give problems. I don't know why they had to murder him like this. He is friendly and kind to everyone, but I don't know what happened. All I can say is that Alex is a good and kind person."

Police have recovered the 9mm pistol along with its magazine containing 7 live 9mm rounds and one 9mm extended magazine. On Sunday police arrested and charged 34 year old Salvadorian National Roberto Galdamez for the offences of Kept Ammunition without a gun license and Kept firearm without a gun license. He is pending charges for driving over the two men.

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