Lance Corporal Alfredo Robinson is Charged with Murder

Thirty-two-year-old Alfredo Robinson Junior, a Lance Corporal with the Belize Defense Force, has been charged with the murder of fellow soldier, Private Clive Baiza. The deadly shooting, which also injured another B.D.F. soldier, occurred at the Crique Sarco Outpost on Sunday night. The two men got into a heated argument, after which Robinson allegedly drew his rifle and fired multiple shots at Baiza, killing him instantly. Another B.D.F. soldier sustained non-life-threatening injuries and is currently hospitalized. B.D.F. Commandant, Brigadier General Azariel Loria said the accused is known to be quiet in nature and that after the incident, he appeared to be in shock.

 

Brigadier General Azariel Loria, Commandant, B.D.F

“The character or the behavior of, of Lance Corporal Robinson, from, from what I got to understand, uh, after talking to the, to the men on the ground and the, and the commanding officer out there is that he used to be, or he is reserved, uh, in nature.  He is reserved, he often is secluded, he, he likes to seclude himself. And he is affectionately called Viejo, Viejo meaning old man because of the way he acts,  his behavior. So um, we don’t know what it is, we don’t know at this point in time if he was consuming alcohol. Chances are that he was not because the other 13 elements that were there, they volunteered  to provide their blood sample. Maybe he was shell shocked when he was asked to do so.  We don’t know. And as a matter of fact, he was not talking until after lunch today, when all of a sudden he perhaps realized the magnitude of what has  transpired and he started to worry about it.”

 

Reporter

“I believe he was also a part of that patrol in San Antonich, where, uh, you will recall a  soldier’s weapon was stolen, not his, but he was, I believe, a part of that patrol.”

 

Brigadier General Azariel Loria

“Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Vasquez. That is true. Last year or a bit, or perhaps more than a year ago. I remember that incident.  And I was the adjudicator of that, uh, of that, of the offenses committed where, um, the soldiers on that patrol, they admitted to, to drinking and even so that we could not withdraw samples at the time. They still admitted because there was evidence on the ground and the way they were behaving that they were essentially under the influence, all of them.”