Edgar "Whitie" Contreras, a former Mayor of Benque Viejo Town, is currently locked up in Flores, Peten Guatemala while he awaits a Court arraignment for having an illegal firearm while in that country.
Contreras, who is a legally registered firearms holder in Belize went over to Melchor De Menchos this weekend with his weapon.
Our information is that Contreras was alone in a park near the central Market. Unfortunately, for him, that's the time when Guatemalan police officers passed by and decided to do a stop and search sweep of the area. They were looking for a suspect in an incident which happened at a nearby bar. Contreras was searched by the Guat Police officers and because he is not a registered firearm's holder in that jurisdiction, he was detained. We understand that he has told friends and family in Benque that he simply forgot that he had the weapon on him when he crossed the border.
We're told that his family has gotten a private attorney to handle the matter, and so the Foreign Affairs Ministry is taking a secondary role in the resolution of this case. We're told that he is to be arraigned tomorrow on this charge.
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