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Woman Killed In Sarteneja
Tue, April 2, 2013
And a woman was killed in Northern Belize this weekend. Police say that sisters 36 year old Veronica Gonzalez and 29 year old Wendy Aragon went to spend the Easter in Sarteneja when they were viciously stabbed by 39 year old Norma Pena. Pena, it turns out, is Wendy Aragon's sister in law.

The stabbing reportedly happened at around midnight a dance in the village in northeastern Belize. Pena allegedly stabbed Gonzalez in the throat, and also stabbed her sister in law Aragon several times. Police were called, but didn't get there until hours later and Gonzalez died on her way to the hospital at 3:00 am. Aragon was hospitalized at the Northern Regional Hospital, where she is stable.

Norma Pena of Moho Street in Orange Walk is detained pending charges. The dispute is reportedly over a house.

There was another vicious attack on a female in the north. This one happened in Caledonia village. At 2:00 am, a drunk Geraldo Taca arrived at the Pott family home and dragged Cruzita out. He chopped her several times. The pair had a dispute about 4 hours earlier when Crutizta was at the village park with a male friend, making Taca, with whom she;d had a relationship, jealous. Her injuries are serious and she was transferred to the KHMH for treatment. Police have detained 32 year old Geraldo Taca.

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