Fishermen Missing: Coast Guard/B.D.F. Search Underway

There’s a joint Belize Coast Guard and Belize Defense Force search for two fishermen from Independence who went missing on Wednesday.  Luis Carranza and Adam Menjivar reportedly left Puerto Cortes, Honduras on Wednesday evening on board a vessel named Ashley. The men were expected to arrive at Round Caye later that evening but never made it. Since then, there has been an extensive search and rescue operation. Vice Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, Commander Greg Soberanis told News Five today that the scope of the search effort encompasses a large area over southern Belize.