And while he's in the north maintaining peace, officers are working extra hours across Belize to try and prevent any retaliations after the last three murders as we head into the New Year's long weekend. But according to the ComPol, they're not anticipating any, since two of the three victims weren't gang affiliates, and they already charged someone with the third murder.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"In terms of the murder of Chris Ramos, we certainly do not anticipate any retaliation, I listened attentively to the mother when she gave her interview and she gave a good synopsis of the time leading up to his death. He was not a person who we would see as a major gang figure or gang affiliate and so we don't anticipate any retaliation, nonetheless, we're still going to try to be as cautious as we can and to ensure that we are vigilant in the areas that we believe he may have some affiliation. The mother said he's from Seine Bight, I am from there but I don't know the young man but again we don't have any major gangs per se in Seine Bight that we would anticipate would want to come and retaliate and he was more like his mother described him, a mischief maker as opposed to a gang figure, so no. in terms of the PG murder, again that was a case with three friends, they were hanging out together and I don't know what went wrong that suddenly one took out a gun and shot the other one, again for that, we don't anticipate any sort of retaliation and the one in respect to the Maskall Street murder, again we don't expect retaliation for that I think that the police did a good job in investigating and finding the person who is responsible and that person is now before the court so even though we don't anticipate retaliation, we'll still ensure that we maintain our presence and do as much as we can to prevent any retaliation."
And in the case of 18-year-old Christian Ramos, police are still canvassing the area but have not gotten a solid lead as yet.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"In her interview she said that he was seen in a van but then he came back and then he left on a bicycle so we don't know if the person or persons who were in that van were the same ones that he went and met when he went on the bicycle. Nonetheless though we have not been able to establish who was or were in that van that he was seen in prior to his disappearance. We are hoping that people in the area would be able to provide information to the police. I know the police are canvassing the area to gather information, looking for surveillance cameras that may be able to assist and see what information can be gathered to further the investigation."
