Vegetable Vendors Beaten, Robbed at Gunpoint in Cayo

Police are looking for two suspects in connection with an armed robbery in the Cayo District that has left two vegetable vendors wounded and without their van and cell phones. The incident happened just as the men arrived home in their van on Saturday. That was when the gunmen pounced on them, stole an amount of cash and their phones, before beating them and taking the van. Head of the Eastern Division, A.C.P. Hilberto Romero told reporters today that police are following several leads. 

 

A.C.P. Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division

“On Saturday, the tenth day of August, 2024, police responded to a report in Teakettle Village in the Cayo District, where they met Saulo Mantar and Miguel Cowo, who were seen with injuries. Saulo Mantar reported that he was in his van in the Hillview Area of Santa Elena when he was approached by two male persons armed with firearms. They were taken back into a Ford van that they were in and thereafter the two persons drove off with them to an area. Mantar reported that they arrived at a particular area in Teakettle, where they were taken out of the van and they were severely beaten with metal pipes. Thereafter the male persons robbed both of them of cellphones, cash, and they also stole the van. Thereafter the male persons fled from the area in the van. They received treatment and are in a stable condition. We are seeking two suspects in regard to this robbery.”