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Tonight, officers of the Gang Suppression Unit continue to detain an Ecuadoran man, who may be a fugitive living in Belize. 7News was there at 1:00 pm today when police searched his Belize City home and found a firearm.

The name he gave to the officers was Christian Ebanks, and we've confirmed that he has provided immigration documents which says that is his name. But as we told you, there are posters on the internet of a fugitive from Ecuador with the name Floyd Wendel Ebanks Jurado, who, according to a 2011 web posting, is being sought in the Guayas Province of that country. The report says Police from Guayas want him for the murder of Ecuadoran Alejandro Martín Teófilo, which happened on Puna Island. Now, Belize police will have to determine if this man named "Christian Ebanks" is indeed the wanted fugitive Floyd Ebanks.

But what they are able to say at this time is that they searched his Belize City house on Teacher Street this afternoon, and officers from the GSU found an illegal firearm. It is expected that he will be criminally charged for that, and he will be arraigned and then remanded. GSU's Commanding Officer told us today that they will check into his background to see if he is indeed the Ecuadoran fugitive who managed to settle down in Belize under a different identity.

We'll keep following this story.