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
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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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