For weeks we've been telling about the gold rush in the Ceibo Chico area of the Chiquibul. It has dozens of Guatemalans coming over to Belize to pan for Gold in the Ceibo Chico Creek.
And now, the inevitable has happened: A Guatemalan Citizen was shot and killed by the BDF this afternoon.
According to a press release, it happened at 20 minutes to 1:00 today seven miles east of the Belize/Guatemala border.
That is well inside Belize, but because of the diplomatic implications, it has to be treated with sensitivity. And so even though it is not being treated as a homicide, the CIB has been deployed to the area along with officials from the (OAS) and a representative of the Guatemalan Embassy in Belize.
In July the BDF shot and killed another Guatemalan Luis Alberto Ramirez in southern Belize also well inside Belizean territory.
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