Orange Walk Town taxi driver Hugo Moreno was found dead today. The 42 year old was last seen on Saturday at 12:40 pm when he left home to pick up his daughter at a local cultural event. She got home, but he never did, and his wife, 41 year old Magda Moreno reported him missing on Monday afternoon.
The search for him ended this afternoon when his car, a white Dodge was found in a sandpit in at the back of Carmelita Village – just outside Orange Walk Town. His body was found stuffed inside the trunk – and the vehicle was then set on fire.
It is a particularly brutal murder, and a rare one for Orange Walk, which had not reported a murder since October of last year.
Police have no clues at this very early stage of their homicide investigation.
Moreno also managed a pastry shop.
