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Brazen Border Bandits Rob Money Changers
posted (March 24, 2014)
On Friday evening at 6:00 pm there was a brazen armed holdup on the Belize side of the Western Border at Benque Viejo. A pair of armed Guatemalan Bandits held up two money changers - and as police told us the robbers weren't afraid to use their pistols:..

ASP Dinsdale Thompson, O.C., Benque Viejo Police
"Yes there was a robbery which we believe to have been carried out by two Guatemalans male individuals if Hispanic descent. We have further investigated that there are $2,700.00 which they have stolen from of our Belizeans money exchanges who work out at that location on a daily basis on the Belizean side."

"Our investigations reveals that they have come over with one 9mm pistol and have discharge some rounds up in the air with the intend to put the individuals in fear. It's a good thing no one was hurt. So far what we are doing is we are working along with the Guatemalans authorities in trying to find out who these individuals are."

Jules Vasquez
"Is there anything you can do because all these money changers have a lot of cash on them?"

ASP Dinsdale Thompson, O.C., Benque Viejo Police
"What we have done so far Jules, is that we have armed our police officers with heavier weapon in which had at the time of the robbery and we have put in place more visitations by our mobile patrol unit. We know that the Free zone is right there as well, so those areas we are looking at them very strongly and we are putting more police officers there with firearms and a shotgun."

Police are confident that they'll get meaningful cooperation form their Guatemalan counterparts.

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