And while the Prime Minister is monitoring that situation in southern Belize, he's also watching the situation on the city's southside - where violence has spiked in the last month - mainly in the area of Jane Usher Boulevard. That's where rival groups are jostling for control - and it has resulted in the death of three young men in three weeks. But, today police called in all rival crews to a meeting. The Prime Minister explained:..
Prime Minister Dean Barrow
"There is a meeting place this afternoon between some of the principals from the Jane Usher Boulevard area and from other areas so that the carrot and stick approach or the effort to go at this thing from several different directions might be employed as a way of dealing with the situation. So even as the police are stepping up their enforcement actions in the area an effort is being made to talk through the situation with the gang leaders/the principals to see if some kind of cease fire might be mediated."
That meeting was held at Old Belize and according to reports, it finished around 4:30. It included the main players from Supal Street, George Street, PIV, Jane Usher, Louise Bevans Crips and Victoria Street. It was led by the senior Superintendent Edward Broaster formerly of the CYDP, now deputy commander of Eastern division. He tells us that the groups who attended agreed on a ceasefire.
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