Last night we told you about the three term chairman of Buena Vista village, Eddie De LA Rosa. He was detained in Melchor after a misunderstanding with Guatemalan police. We were told that they held him for a stick of weed - which De La Rosa claims was planted on him. But De La Rosa was never charged for drug possession, instead he was beaten up and robbed by Guatemalan police, and then taken to court on a bogus charge which the judge threw out.
That's what De La Rosa told us last night when he got back to Belize after being detained in Melchor. De La Rosa says he was travelling with about five thousand quetzales which was money that he was going to use to buy fireworks for his village. But he says when police searched him on the bus they stole the money.
He protested on the bus, and they gave back his money and then came back with more police to arrest him. He says they then took him on a feeder road and beat him up. That's when he says they took his money and stole his seven thousand dollar chain and his cell phone.
De La Rosa was detained and says that he had to hire a lawyer. He appeared before the judge on a disturbing the peace charge which was dismissed.
Just a few minutes ago, De La Rosa told us he want back to Melchor today and got back his possessions.
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