And switching gears, a 73-year-old Honduran watchman is dead after a robbery turned fatal at a farm in Bladen Village. Transito Villalobos reported to work at 5:30pm and within the next 12 hours, he was killed, his body found by a coworker. Communications officer, ASP Fitzroy Yearwood told us more.
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department
"Police visited farm 11, somewhere around Bladden Village in the Toledo District where they saw the lifeless body of Transito Villalobos, a seventy three year old Honduran watchman of that said farm. Initial investigation revealed that Mr. Villalobos reported for duty on Saturday and was to come off duty on Sunday morning. When other person visited the farm they found him dead and a house or shed on the farm was burglarized. Missing were two weed whackers. We know that investigators have been canvassing that area to at least try to find a lead of maybe who has the weed whackers or so. We are trying to work on this as quickly as possible. We even ask the assistance of the public where we believe in that isolated area we should be able to gather some information."
Reporter
"Do investigators think that maybe it was a robbery turned fatal?"
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood
"Yeah, that's the indications so far, because we know that items were stolen, so they would want to believe that he probably came upon his assailant/s and of course they eliminated him from the scene."
