Was Consejo Village Murder a Narco-related Execution?

While elements of the Mexican cartels are embedded in parts of northern Belize, the police department says that it is working carefully to weed out these criminals.  When asked if the recent murder in Consejo Village last week was the result of drug activity related to the cartels, ComPol Williams could not provide a definitive response.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“We know that we do have operatives in Belize who are on the side of the cartels.  We know that, and I am not going to go into details in terms of our operational strategies, but certainly as a part thereof is to make sure that we target those persons who we believe are operating in Belize for the cartels, and I will leave it at that.”

 

Reporter

“The murder in Consejo of Johnny Arana, was his death, I think we understand that it’s narco-related, can you confirm this and is it related somehow to any of the situations that are happening in Chetumal right now.”

 

Chester Williams

“We know that it has a lot to do with the issue of drug distribution in Corozal.  We can’t say that it is narco-related.  We believe that those persons who executed that murder are from Belize and we are looking for them.”