The wave of killings continued yesterday evening - but this time it happened outside of the major population centers, in a small village just outside of Orange Walk.
Yo Creek was the scene of a vicious machete stabbing - which, as we found out today, may have been provoked by too many drinks of extra strong rum between friends. Here's the story:..
Jules Vasquez reporting
27 year Javier Ack was stabbed in his heart with a machete here under this lime tree - their regular hangout. He had been drinking and socializing with five other friends for much of the day.
They were drinking extra strong rum, known as red top - and today the evidence of their libation was still at the scene.
Alejandra Cocom
"I saw Amir and Javier were arguing about money."
Robin Schaffer
"Were they drinking?"
Alejandra Cocom
"Yes since the morning."
But at 5:30 pm the good time ended when Ack and a friend Amir started to argue over money. But Ack was stabbed by another man who entered the fray:
Alejandra Cocom
"The one who did this, he was not here when I saw Amir and Javier fighting. I think he was at home."
Javier Ack lay dying on the ground - blood gushing from a wound to his chest:
Alejandra Cocom
"The person was already cut in the heart. I Ask Amir who did it and he told he who it was. He went home before I came here. He was looking for someone to take him to the hospital but there was no one there to take him. "
The man who stabbed him went to look for a vehicle, while Amir tried to stop the flow of blood. But fifteen minutes passed, and he died right there.
Voice of, Bianca Ack, Cousin of Deceased
"We didn't think anything like this would happen. we weren't expecting it because he goes to home from work and when he come back he might be drinking but he just come home to sleep."
Today Orange Walk police were in the village rounding up everyone from the drinking crew to collar their suspect.
Police have picked up a number of men who were in the drinking party for questioning. This evening, two of those men are detained, one of them being Amir Garcia, who was in the argument with Javier Ack.
According to those who heard the dispute, the argument was over money.
