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GSU Cracks Down On MS-13
posted (December 17, 2012)
And while a gang brawl erupted right near the GSU headquarters on Saturday, it doesn't mean the unit wasn't busy.

Over the weekend they targeted the Central American MS-13 gang operating in Belize City as well as the George Street gang following the spate of violent crimes.

Mauricio Lemus, a reputed member of the MS 13 was arrested and charged for drug offences. He was caught on Friday December 14 at around 11:45am, on Central American Boulevard where they found 4 pieces of crack cocaine in his pockets, to a total amount of 0.4 grams. Lemus was arrested and charged for Possession of controlled drugs.

And on Sunday - another alleged MS13 gang member was arrested and charged for Possession of Controlled Drugs.

Just after 5am, the GSU searched the residence of Hilberto Ruiz at #22B Neal Pen Road.

Ruiz who is a Taxi Driver, 27 year old Jose Carlos Reyes, and others were charged for mere 0.2 grams of cannabis - which is less than .01 of an ounce! Still, all five persons who were present were charged for Possession of Controlled Drug. The GSU says that Hilberto Ruiz and Jose Carlos Reyes are members of the MS-13 gang. Reyes has been charged twice, most recently in November of 2011, for professing to belong to a criminal gang.

And on Sunday afternoon the GSU had to chase after Nelson Martinez who was seen throwing a black plastic bag into his neighbour's yard.

It turns out the bag contained a black 9mm Glock 17 pistol, one magazine containing 14 live 9mm rounds. Martinez was arrested and charged for Kept firearm and Ammunition without a gun license. Martinez pled not guilty to the charges when he was arraigned today before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. Because it is a firearm offence, she remanded him into custody until January 28, 2013.

Nelson Martinez better known as NELO is a reputed member of the George Street Bloods Gang and was recently released on Supreme Court bail from prison after he was arrested by the GSU in May of this year for another firearm charge. This firearm was traced to a businessman in Orange Walk whose business had been burglarized earlier this year.

He will be additionally charged for handling stolen goods. The firearm was likewise sent to Forensics for ballistics testing following the murder over the weekend of Gushany Wagner.

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