And while the PM is changing his tone on multiple gun licenses, the commissioner of police is doubling down on those 9 or 10 licenses he issued to Ricardo Borja in 17 months.
Despite the fact that he says this gentleman's total actively held gun count was being monitored and controlled - he says he never met him - even if he did switch hats to car dealer and sell him a luxury pickup truck:
Jules Vasquez
So you said that you were in a constant exchange with Mr. Borja. I gave you another license, you hand back in this license. It seems very unbecoming. You have work to do, sir. You don't got time to micromanage, Mr. Borja's licenses. Would you say that your relationship with Mr. Borja was on the level?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Mr. Vasquez, for your knowledge, I have never met Mr. Borja in person. I don't know who he is."
Jules Vasquez
"Even though he got 10 licenses, 9, in 17 months."
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Hold on. You see, you constantly listen to those wannabe commissioners in the department who consistently feed you with a bunch of nonsense and you take these rubbish that you have been fed and digest them. It is not doing you well."
"I believe that I have addressed the Borja issue as effectively as I could have and I have no more discussion about it. The man is dead. He's not here to defend himself. I have never, ever, ever charged anybody who comes to me for any assistance or any license and if you don't believe me, there are many of them out there that can tell you. You can go and you can interview them and they will tell you. When they ask me if there's a charge, I tell them there is no charge."
Jules Vasquez
"This fancy pickup that Mr. Borja bought in July, along the same time he was buying, he was acquiring guns and getting licenses for them, July 17 -26. Did you sell him that fancy Toyota pickup that he had?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"A person from Belize City called me and said that Borja wanted to buy a pickup. I sent the pickup to Belize City. They took it to the person. The person called me subsequently and said that the man liked the pickup. He's going to buy it. I was paid for the pickup and that's it."
Jules Vasquez
"So this is a high value pickup. It's a $90,000 truck."
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Jules. It's not a $90,000 truck. It's a $70,000 truck."
