Belizetimes June 5, 2011

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

THE BELIZE TIMES

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Issue No. 4747

SUNDAY June 5, 2011

Briceño to Barrow “You crossed the line”

Belize City, June 1, 2011 Opposition Leader Hon. John Briceño has written to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, lashing out at his Administration for the terror carried out by security forces against a group of Belizeans living in a remote area of Lake Independence early this morning. In a pre-dawn raid, almost similar to the gang-style ambush of a Belmopan businessman’s house 12 days ago, security forces which included heavily-armed Police Officers, Belize Defense Force soldiers, and the Prime Minister’s notorious Gang Suppression Unit, callously ambushed residents’ homes and coldly threw men, women, and their children out on the streets. This was followed by the sudden appearance of thug-like workers of the Ministry of Works, who were armed with sledge hammers and dangerous tools, who proceeded to destroy the small homes that were erected. The scene was similar to Continued on page 4

DR. TULIO MENDEZ FOR ORANGE WALK EAST

The UDP sent armed soldiers to ambush Belizean squatters in Lake Independence at 4am on Wednesday

Families were left homeless after Wednesday’s callous assault

PUP Leader Hon. John Briceño comforts one of the mothers, who became a victim of the UDP’s vicious reign of terror

Who owns the West Line

buses?

Murdered over love

Triangle

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ABELARDO MAI

FOR ORANGE WALK SOUTH

NO HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS See page 17

POLICE

PROTESTORS

Orange Walk Town, May 30, 2011 By Carmelita Perez 26 year old Alberto Atarnan Tutt, better known as “Chopy”, was executed just outside a house in

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ASSAULTS HOMELESS See page 9

Alberto Atarnan Tutt

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