As we've told you last night, he was charged by police with the murder of the Panamanian Diplomat, Jose Rodrigo De la Rosa Stanford, but the sitting Magistrate in Belmopan refused to arraign him due strict procedures in law which were not followed. As we told you, Echeverria has confessed to police to killing the Diplomat, but he says he did it because De La Rosa tried to rape him as gunpoint.

Under the criminal code, an accused cannot be lawfully charged with murder if he claims self-defence without the written leave from DPP Cheryl Lynn Vidal that she intends to proceed with a prosecution. Due to that memo from Commissioner Blackett, Vidal has not been privy to any of the details from the case, and so she did not sign off on a murder charge.

Belmopan police instead went with a charge of theft today because they have been able to link him to the diplomat's missing vehicle and phone, which were recovered. They are accusing him of stealing these items, and they have a witness who has tied him to them. So, he was arraigned today on that charge, and even though theft is a charge for which bail can be granted, he was remanded due to the submission from the prosecution.

As we've told you, police have improperly charged him with murder, and only a directive from DPP Vidal will validate it. That has played into his eligibility for bail.