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Belize City Man Becomes Victim of Land Hustle in Cayo
posted (April 2, 2012)
A Belize City fisherman lost ten thousand dollars in a Cayo land swindle. 33 year old Jeffery Murillo thought he was buying a piece of land form Leiticia Jones, but now he's told police that he got played, big time!

He says Jones took him and his brother to the Lands Department in San Igancio where they met one Mr. Bautista, an employee. He prepared all the transactions along with Jones and a Justice of the Peace named Tut. Murillo says he paid the money to Leticia Jones, and was told that that in 2 weeks, the lease would be in his name and would be mailed to him.

But 2 weeks passed, and he got nothing. So, he went to the Lands Department in Belmopan, where he was told that the land that was sold to him actually belongs to the DFC. They told him to go back to the Lands Department in San Ignacio - but, again, he had no luck. He says that he's also had no luck getting in contact with Leticia Jones who doesn't asnwer her phone.

Police say they are investigating.

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