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We tried to speak to him as well, but by the time we got him, he had been reigned in - presumably for his candid remarks. We were referred to the ministry press officer - but instead we asked our colleagues at LOVE FM for their interview, which we will air a snippet of:..

Jahmoor Lopez, the Belize District Education Officer
"Clearly we are livid, we are upset, we know what has been happening very often in our society these days with our young children being exploited and we have yet another case and this one is now being done internationally. I submitted some information to our senior management team, I am awaiting feedback from them, but we are trying to get a go on this because we cannot just sit and wait for things to unfold, but we have to get to the bottom of this."

"We have a feeding program in all those sites, those children receive a hot meal every midday and I can tell you that there are days when we are out there visiting, I jokingly tell the cooks and the teachers, that we will leave Belize City and come and joined them for lunch. In addition to that we provide healthy drinks and snacks for them that we have been getting from Guatemala. there is a nutritious drink called "Incaparina" and then there is some other snack, but there is no need - I look at the amount of snacks that the children are getting in addition to their lunch and I say these children are being over fed, so there is absolutely no reason, it's certainly erroneous, misleading and it's nothing short of being crooked and unscrupulous that these people are putting this information on the web saying that these children are hungry and to say that they are collecting monies to pay the salaries of teachers, I mean, it's just, I am so upset I am at a loss for words to describe what it is that they have done. "

"I want to send a word out to Matthew - you and your accomplices be careful we will be on your trail; the internet is such a wonderful tool. Belize seems to have become a haven to all these crooks in the US and all over the world who run here and seek here as a haven. We will track you down, that's the word we will track you down, and we will bring you to task for this."

Lopez says he called Bulla but he was told it was a wrong number.