Here's what the CEO in the Ministry of Defence said about this urban deployment:

Francis Usher, CEO, Ministry of Defence
"So one of the mandates of the Belize Defence Force is to provide support to civil authority in the maintenance of law and order. And basically, the Police Department did have... we made some intelligence-driven decisions based on some information that was received, where the Police Department requested our support in certain operational areas. And so we were ready and willing to do so."

Francis Usher
"The support that we provide to the Police Department stems from... all of those decisions are intelligence-driven. So when we do have certain intelligence of things that may occur and areas that we can support to minimize those occurrences, we try to help as much as possible."

Reporter
"How many soldiers are we looking at on the ground right now?"

Francis Usher
"Roughly, I wouldn't want to get into details about the numbers, but we have a steady rotation of soldiers, and it's not more than 50."

Reporter
"Okay, and are there any specific areas that you all are targeting?"

Francis Usher
"Those areas are directed by the intelligence received. It rotatesâ€"there are some that are standard patrols and others that are based on the various different pieces of information that both our intelligence cell, the Coast Guard intelligence cell, and the Belize Police Department intelligence cell receive."

Reporter
"And how long can we expect to see them on the ground?"

Francis Usher
"As long as the Police Department requires us to remain on the ground, we will do so."