Former police officer Fredrick Eligio is in the news again claiming police harassment. Eligio has been living on Caye Caulker for 17 years, left for one year and has now returned. But he claims that police have been constantly harassing him and detaining him for several crimes on the island that he says he has no connection to. He came to our studios today to express his frustration.
Fredrick Eligio
"Ten years ago until now, the policeman they labeled me as a criminal; somebody that likes to thief, a robber. I have two sons that lives in Caye Caulker also, big men, they have their own job and thing. I get enough of it because every time they catch me and release me. Anytime anything happens on the caye; a robbery, a theft or whatever, they hold me. This is what I want the commissioner to know that I get enough of it. Just about 3 weeks ago when all this weather was coming down, the rains and thing, somebody went to report of some kind of burglary - I just went back on the caye 3 weeks ago after that year that I spent in Belize and right after that the person went to report that they broke into his place and straight at me they come."
We spoke to officer in charge of Caye Caulker Jose Palma this evening and he said that there has been no reports of robbery on the island since January and he has not seen Fredrick Eligio since he returned to the island. He states that there is no personal conflict with Eligio; he has simply been brought in as a suspect in the past incidents.
Eligio has a long history with police: our records show that he made the news in 2006 when he claimed that police manhandled him and twisted his neck, leaving him in a cast.
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