Now although the Mendez family and villagers are going through a hard time right now, police say that those responsible for the tire fire will have to answer to charges. Today OC Gillett told us that everyone is entitled to express their discontent with police work but they took it a bit too far. Here is how OC Gillett put it.
Sr. Supt. Howell Gillett, OC, Belmopan
"On our arrival we observed some 20 disgruntled people and we were able to remove the tyres and then removed the debris from the area and we were able to quell whatever."
"Yes we know that people have a right to protest and as a matter of fact we support them when they have protest to protect them, but in my view it has gone into acts of criminality and yes the greater task at hand is to investigate and find this missing person whether the person is dead or alive, but then also we want to send the correct message, so we are oblige to deal with that aspect of acts of criminality for burning the tyres on the road. But that's a separate investigation from the missing person report."
But as you heard, the main focus is finding Mendez. The police are working on the tire fire as a separate case. The road was blocked for about half an hour to 45 minutes before the tires were put out.
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