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Cowo’s Family No Reason For Murder
posted (January 16, 2018)
And while police held a press conference to issue re-assurances that there is no conspiracy and that they are thoroughly addressed - the family of the deceased has abiding reservations. Today in Belize City, Cowo's mother wouldn't say much. Here's her interview:...

Blanca Mencias, Mother of deceased
"What happened is they killed my son. And God Bless the person who did this."

"More or less, more or less, we can almost say who did it. That's all I can say, nothing more."

Daniel Ortiz
"Now, sir, what immediately comes to mind is why would somebody want to hurt your brother like that? That seems targeted, as though the individual came to assassinate your brother."

Voice of: George Cowo - Brother of the Deceased
"Yes, that was like they had it in for him. It's like they already had that set for him. And it's not the first time he got shot already. It was like a personal thing."

Daniel Ortiz
"Does the family somewhat believe that maybe that shooting incident is connected to his murder in any kind of way?"

Voice of: George Cowo - Brother of the Deceased
"Well, that is what everybody is saying that it only can be that because otherwise, he never had no problems on the street. We don't have any problem with anybody. We just do our fishing. We are men who just do fishing, and when we come, we go and play a little pool game."

Daniel Ortiz
"It's tough that I have to ask this, but I have to. Did Mr. Cowo, yourself or any other family members have any kind of friends, or any kind of connections to the street like in San Pedro that would have persons say, you know what? We have a beef with him, but we'll make sure that we target the friend."

Voice of: George Cowo - Brother of the Deceased
"Well, usually we don't have any problems with anybody, because everybody know us, and everybody know that we are fishermen. And everybody greet us. Everybody is good with us."

Later on in the news you'll hear from his brother who told us off camera that they had no enemies in the streets.

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