Dangriga Duo Charged for Murder of Belize City Transplant

A pair of fisherman, both residents of Dangriga, has been arrested and charged for the murder of Delroy Menzies.  As we reported on Friday, Menzies, who recently relocated to Dangriga from Belize City, was shot and killed while socializing at the Kulcha Kitchen on February twenty-second.  On Saturday, twenty-eight-year-old Egbert Martinez and twenty-one-year-old Maxwell Ventura were charged jointly for the deadly shooting.  Here’s more from the Belize Police Department.

 

ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division

“On Thursday, February twenty-second, around 9:20 p.m., police responded to a shooting incident at Plum Street in Dangriga.  Upon their arrival, they found the body of Delroy Menzies, thirty-two years old.  He was taken to the hospital where he was to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.  [An] investigation revealed that Delroy Menzies was at a veranda, at a business place, at a location when a male person came and fired shots towards his direction, causing his fatal injuries.  Two persons are in custody awaiting charges in regards to this murder.” 

 

Reporter

“Any motive?”

 

Hilberto Romero

“We have not established a motive at this time.”