And the BDF will also be setting up a new building in the north – this one much like the forward operating base which is being built on the Sarstoon.
This one will be built on the Hondo, at Consejo which the General says has emerged as a major hotspot for drug trafficking:..
Brig. Gen. David Jones - Commander, BDF
"The area of Consejo is a big area of concern; these are strategic location that the BDF want to have post established for the BDF to operate from. The
area of Consejo has been witnesses of many illegal drug activities happening between Mexico and Belize in the maritime area. This was observed by our
customs counterpart. We had a plan to put a conservation post in 4 mile lagoon in the Corozal area but this area of Consejo is more strategic in that
anything that comes in the maritime goes in between Belize and Mexico we will have eyes on it in that area and we will be able to arrest it."
The BDF is in the final stages of negotiation with the US Army for fund to construct the base there.
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