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Victor Vargas Murder Suspect Apprehended
posted (August 20, 2014)

As we reported on Monday, 34 year old Victor Vargas was stabbed twice in the neck early on Saturday morning. He was socializing, and got into a fight with a younger man whom he'd had a previous misunderstanding with. The younger man – who is only 19 - stabbed him in the neck; Vargas ran down the road trying to get help, but he collapsed on the veranda of a neighbour's house.

7News has confirmed that the teenager, who is the main suspect for the murder of 38 year-old Victor Vargas, currently in the custody of the San Ignacio police. We have his identity, but we are unable to reveal it because he hasn't been formally charged.

We've been informed that the young man was detained by Belmopan Police and escorted to the San Ignacio station, where he is currently being interrogated about his role in Vargas' stabbing death. And how was he caught in Belmopan? Our information is that he had an adjournment in The Capital's Magistrate's Court for an aggravated burglary. Incredibly, he still showed up for his case, and when police realized that he was wanted for a murder, they detained him. He was transferred today to San Ignacio, where he's being questioned.

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