Police Raid Disabled Woman’s Home, Claim Marijuana Possession

A Dangriga baker, Dylan Ysaguirre, is speaking out after a traumatic police raid at her home. Ysaguirre claims that on Thursday night, police raided her house based on “tips” they received about her allegedly selling marijuana. According to Ysaguirre, the police entered her home without a warrant, adding that this has happened at least ten times over the past year and a half.

“The police walk up to my house without the car, without a warrant. They came, and they stepped right up to my house; my door was open, and they just walked into my house,” Ysaguirre told News 5. She said that the police officers told her there was no need for them to have a warrant and that “supposedly that’s the new law in Belize.”

Ysaguirre stated that she was previously arrested and charged for drug trafficking after she was found with more than the legal amount of marijuana in her possession. She says that while, yes, she does consume it, she does so for medicinal purposes. “I tell them what the main reason is that I use it, that I use it for herbal medicine. Yes, I smoke weed. But the main reason I’m using it is for my remedies and for my medicine for my son,” she said.

Ysaguirre, who is bound to a wheelchair, stated that her condition is due to “an autoimmune disease that is stress-related” and that remaining calm is important to control her health condition.

She also said that her son has a history of multiple seizures a day, and combined with his “multiple congenital malformations, it causes intense pressure on his brain,” and for this reason, she administers medicinal marijuana to her son in the form of oil. “You need a lot of weed to concentrate it down into a potent weed oil for him to prevent the seizures,” she added.

After what she called a “traumatising experience,” Ysaguirre took to Facebook Live to share the aftermath of the raid. In the livestream, she revealed the damage to her home, including all her baked goods scattered across the floor, which is one of her few incomes she relies on to provide for herself and her son.

Ysaguirre added that after the ordeal, she became physically sick from the distress, and it has affected her mental health.

While she hasn’t made an official report, she said she is now considering making one.