An Orange Walk farmer will face charges for chopping up two men who he caught in the act of stealing from his property. Yesterday morning at 11:00 am, Melecio Guemez was at his ranch on Honey Camp Road when he saw two men lugging a crocus sack filled with 60 coconuts they had just stolen from his trees. He set chase and chopped both of them in the back. One of them who he recognized as Rene Lopez fought back, wrested away the machete, and then chopped Guemez across the head. Lopez then ran off with the machete and hasn't been seen since. But police didn't have to look far to find his partner in crime Edwin Linarez who was laid up at the hospital in critical condition. Police today confirmed that Guemez will be charged for wounding even though it occurred on his own property, while Linarez will be charged for theft, along with Rene Lopez when he is caught.

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