And, the Commissioner also had no apologies and some rather harsh words for the villagers of San Victor in the Corozal District. As we told you, on Friday night, a group of what looked like drunken villagers surrounded a police patrol and threatened the police.

The cops held their ground and called for backup. In the end 9 persons - mostly family members - were detained on Saturday were charged for over 40 offences. When they got to court they complained that police had shot them with non-lethal ammunition and didn't take them to a doctor.

Today, the Commissioner said - basically - that they are lucky to be alive:

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