And we go now to the third murder story for tonight - which was reported this morning in Benque Viejo Town. The victim is an 18 year old who was found dead on a farm between the Guatemala and Belize borders. Police told us that the teenaged Oscar Obando had been fatally shot in the chest:...
ASP Alejandro Cowo - OC, CIB
"Police visited a location this morning where they observed a male person with apparent gunshot wound to his chest. The person identity confirmed to be that of Oscar Obando, an 18 year old student of Old Bank Street, Benque Viejo Del Carmen. The area where the incident took place is between the Guatemala and Belize border. It's an isolated area. It's between Miles 25 and 26 on the Benque Road. So I cannot tell if the motive is robbery, but we found the person's belongings with him, so we are trying to see what else we can get from the scene and from the relatives as to what happened out there."
At this point, police do not know what the graduate of Mopan Technical High was doing on the farm. They have no suspects at this time.
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