Last week, we told you about the backstory of Wilmer Escobar, the man who police have arrested and charged for the double murder of the sisters from Toledo, Crecencia and Josephina Oh. He's on remand at the Belize Central Prison, but there is a grieving family, and the communities in Toledo District that are still trying to make sense of this heinous crime - and make sure it never happens again.
On Saturday evening, a group called "Walk For Justice", which was formed in the memory of the sisters, organized a demonstration with the support of the Maya Leaders Association and the Toledo Alcaldes Association. It started in San Jose Village, and all the participants visited the outskirts of the village where the sisters were murdered. There, they planted 2 crosses to remind everyone of the loss of life that happened at that location.
A religious ceremony was held, and when it was done, they hopped on buses and headed to San Jose, the home village of the victims. At the entrance, they joined a candlelight walk, which ended at the San Antonio Village Football Field. That's where chosen speakers took the mic and shared a few words with the gathering.
After the event, our colleagues from PGTV spoke with one of the organizers from the Walk For Justice Committee, and she told them that they consider the event a success:
Maya Choc, member - 'Walk for Justice" Committee
"On Saturday we had the walk for justice. We started in San Jose, the vicinity where the girls were found. It's more like a blessing of the cross they had there. From then the crowd proceeded to San Antonio where we had a walk through the streets of the village and everybody congregated at the football field where we had the remarks from the special guest speakers. We had the marimba and the church came out as well. It was significant because it was all about bringing people together. It was about standing up for the girls who were murdered. Giving support to the family and that was the significance behind it. We don't want them to be added to another statistic of this country of unsolved murder and I am really thankful to the Belize Police Department that they were able to capture a suspect in this case. So far we are seeing that justice are being served for the girls. We had a lot of support for the community, we had people from all over coming to this walk and everyone was so supportive. We had contributions, people just came together and it was definitely what we wanted and got all the support from everybody. Definitely you could have seen the unity within these communities."
Persons in attendance estimate that about 300 persons took part in the event.
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