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Jules Vasquez
"How do you feel about all these stolen vehicles that continue and 3 already this year?"

Hon. Pablo Marin, Minister of Health
"It is sad to say, but if you can notice all of these vehicles that are being stolen is based in Belmopan. There are some kind of group trying to do mischief or selling these kinds of vehicles. We are trying to put as much hand on it. Right now we are moving where the guard was some cameras. We are trying to see if we can get GPS in our vehicles because we don't know exactly who it is. We leave everything in the hands of the police. That's about it."

Jules Vasquez
"Sir, only your vehicles are being targeted. Obviously this is a Ministry of Health type thing and someone has to be held accountable. We can't even get a picture of these vehicles, nobody cares enough to say see a picture here. At least when the one was stolen from Central Ms. Melinda Guerra, I must praise her - call us in, gave us security footage, and gave us the picture of the vehicle. But in this case in Belmopan like everybody okay they thief a new Hilux, next."

Hon. Pablo Marin, Minister of Health
"That's not true. What we did immediately we call the police. The bad thing is that we don't have any camera to show you the kind of vehicle, but definitely you can get the model and you can find out exactly what kind of vehicle. Maybe the ministry was a little bit slow in talking to the media, but yes we did respond to the police."

Reporter
"Do you believe that someone in the ministry is working along with these group of persons who are stealing these vehicles?"

Hon. Pablo Marin, Minister of Health
"I really don't know. You notice they stole also the Mayor from Belmopan vehicle and I think one from Agriculture Department. I think it's not only the Ministry of Health."

Of the now four vehicles stolen from the ministry in two years, only one has been recovered.