And in Corozal, over 100,000 dollars was stolen from the Belize Bank ATM at Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Mexico on Sunday, at 3 in the morning. The watchmen, 34-year-old Faustino Dominguez and 55-year-old Alfonso Castaneda were held at gunpoint by four men who then stole some electrical drills, an electrical grinder, and a chisel and managed to break inside the building where the ATM was by removing the metal door. They then damaged the security cameras, the electrical lines, and the alarm system before stealing the metal box containing the ATM's money. During the robbery, an 18-year-old farm attendant reporting for work was also helped at gunpoint.
The men then placed the box in an SUV before fleeing the scene.
ASP Yearwood told us more about the police's investigation.
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Officer, Police Department
"The Belize Bank ATM that was stolen also over the weekend from Escuela Secundaria Mexico in San Roman Village. We have spoken to a few persons, including the watchman. An estimate of the missing money was sent to us in the tune of in excess of a hundred thousand dollars. We are following up a lead that was relayed that these persons were all dressed in camouflage, four them. And we are asking the general public to assist us if they may know or have any information that could help the police to detain these persons."
Reporter
"These people they seemed very organized; the damage the cameras, they damage the electrical lines. They did a lot to break into this ATM. They dismantle the alarm system and all of that. Do police believe that this is an inside job or someone with knowledge of how these ATMs work?"
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood
"We do believe that it's someone or maybe persons that have knowledge of the whole operation."
And there was also a burglary reported in Hattieville, where around 3 on Sunday morning, 58-year-old Wayne Jackson heard footsteps inside his house. He asked who it was, and the person replied that it was a gunman. He was then shot in the upper part of his back, but has since been released from hospital. Police have yet to determine what was stolen.
