And while police always work to nip retaliation in the bud – in this case, it’s also a statistical imperative. That’s because Southside murders for 2016 are down from last year – but just by one. Murders are up across the country, and Southside is working to say that it has registered a decrease. Williams explained:…
Jules Vasquez
"Are you confident that you will be able to supress any retaliation and there will not be a spiralling of violence as we close the year?"
ACP. Chester Williams - Commander Southside
"Well we will continue to do what we normally do in terms of mediation and intervention between the rival groups. At the end of the day we want to close the year good. I am happy to say that while other parts of the country have experienced an increase in murder for the year 2016; Southside Belize City is one of the only region that has less murder comparing to last year and we're very close to the margin and we do not want to go above where we were last year so we'll continue to hold fort to be able to close off the year as best as we can."
We note that in 2014, the Southside accounted for almost half the nation’s murders; whereas in 2016 it accounts for about a quarter.
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