The weekend saw one murder, and it was in the Orange Walk district. 54 year old San Roman villager Marcelino Chan was stabbed to death, reportedly by his own cousin, 25 year old Mario Aguirre with whom he'd had a dispute. It happened at 8:30 on Saturday night, when Chan had already left Aguirre's house, reportedly after trying to part a domestic dispute. While Chan was walking away, Aguirre reportedly jumped him from behind and inflicted multiple stab wounds, one of them directly to his chest.
Chan's daughter told the media that her father was trying to part a fight between AGUIRRE and his wife, when Aguirre turned on him. In the process he also stabbed another man who was trying to intervene. Here are both accounts in off-camera interviews:
Voice of: Laura Chan, Daughter
"People are saying that he was passing and the woman was fighting with her husband, and he tried to intervene to save her and he was stabbed. He said "cousin, calm down" and that's when he stabbed him in his heart."
VOICE OF: EYEWITNESS/STABBING VICTIM
"Well I was talking to a friend near my house when I saw two men arguing, I saw the man come out of a yard, going home to go and sleep. When I saw the next man came from behind. I thought he was beating him and when he let him go, he was bloodstained. I approached him and asked him what did you do? Then he came and punched me in my chest and he told me to move away, and I told him to relax, he hit me again and that's when he stabbed me and that's when I realize he had a knife."
Aguirre is wanted by police for murder. Some reports say he has fled over to Mexico. Reports also say alcohol was a factor in the murder.
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