And so while the BDF General is cautious to comment since he hasn’t had a chance to review it thoroughly, Border Activist Wil Maheia is already on the offensive.
He believes that this is another clear piece of evidence of Guatemala’s attempt to annex Belizean territory and take control over it.
This evening, he told us that he is demanding that the Belize Government take all available measures to get the Guatemalan government remove these regulations, which seek to police Belizean waters. Here’s what he had to say:
Wil Maheia - Border Activist
"Well we are deeply disturbed at what we read in the Amandala and the fact that the Guatemalans have actually made it law that they have annexed the Sarstoon. We have been going there and in this region you have a lot of countries who are claiming other countries but no country actually goes in and actually occupy and take over without any kind of international incident so it is sad that at this time of the year when we as Belizeans are supposed to be enjoying ourselves, take a few days off to give thanks to the lord and be grateful for a country; we are losing our country and we have not heard a word from the government and we have not heard a word from the opposition. We need that the government need to explain to the people what happened at the Sarstoon since 2015 we Belizeans continue to get harassed going up into our own country."
A press release from Maheia, sent this morning, says, quote, “Throughout all the years of Guatemala’s threats and bluster, never before in Belize’s history has Belizean territory been seized and physically controlled by the military of Guatemala.â€
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