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Early Saturday morning around 5:50 a British tourist reported that she had just been raped in Caye Caulker Village. She said that on Saturday around midnight, she and six other tourists got on a skiff driven by a tour guide, Captain Pops who was later revealed as Jaime Rosado. The boat was taking them away from a private island near Caye Caulker where they had had a party with alcoholic beverages. An hour later they arrived in San Pedro, but while 5 of her friends left the boat, she was feeling sick and stayed behind with the captain and one of the male tourists. Her fellow tourist soon passed out, and that was when the captain forced himself on her. A struggle ensued, but she could not fight him off, and he raped her. When she was making the police report, she had multiple scratches and bruises all over her body, and she complained of pain to her lower abdomen. She was examined at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where it was confirmed that she had been carnally known. The boat was processed and photographed, and on Sunday Jaime Rosado was arrested and charged for rape. Yesterday he was brought to the Belize City Magistrate court where he was arraigned and granted bail.