There is new video tonight showing Guatemalan navy vessels allegedly making incursions into Belizean waters. The first video is from 11 days ago and it shows three Guatemalan vessels which, we are told, paraded around Sarstoon island. Information suggests they were celebrating a navy-man's promotion.
Then one week ago on October 15th., another Navy crew came into the Belizean side of the Sarstoon - this one reportedly from a base that is more inland. They were reportedly interacting with an event in the river-side village on the Guatemalan side.
They also reportedly made incursions into the Belize side of the river and then blocked a BDF vessel - which is captured in this video. When the BDF vessel moved to avoid the Guatemalans, it was the familiar dance, as the Guatemalans moved to block them again. After this the BDF vessel took another tack, and went to check that no Guatemalan vessel had approached the Sarstoon island.
None did, but one of the vessels did reportedly pass in front of Belize's Forward Operating Base and then dart back into Guatemalan waters.
We received this video late, and were unable to confirm what the BDF response was. We'll follow up next week.
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