Two months ago, the media received credible information that Tropic Air pilot Milo Paz had died in Panama while doing private charter work. His boss at Tropic John Greif confirmed that he had heard the same and that Paz was on leave at the time.
But, we never found any news or police reports from Panama to confirm that - and, now, there's a new wrinkle in the story: his wife reported him missing on Friday in San Pedro. AND SHE TOO TOLD POLCIE THAT SHE'd heard he was dead, but had no confirmation.
Now, how do you report an allegedly dead man missing? And is it all just for insurance? That's what we asked police today:...
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"Her husband Mr. Jose Aljemiro Paz, also known as Milo Paz, departed San Pedro from the 3rd October 2018 - that he was to do some business at Flores, Peten, Guatemala. She mentioned that she had taken her husband to the San Pedro Municipal airstrip and that was the last time that she had seen her husband. She also mentioned that after he departed from San Pedro that both of them were communicating through messenger until the 7th of October and that was the last time that she actually had a text message from Mr. Paz."
Jules Vasquez, reporter
"Was she able to say what was in that text?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"Basically between husband and wife communication."
Reporter
"2 months after, the wife is saying he is missing?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"Well that was the information that was being circulated on most of the social media and on the news. However, I know that the Belize Police Department has liaised with Guatemalan authorities and the Panamanian authorities to verify whether or not Mr. Paz was indeed in Las Flores, Peten and in Panama, but so far we have not received any response from them since we just sent that report on Friday after the female filed the report."
Reporter
"Is it just a formality for insurance purposes why the report was just made that he's missing since they were of the belief that he had passed away long before?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"We do not believe that it is only because of insurance policy; we do not even know if he is insured or not."
Reporter
"Who informed the family that Mr. Paz may have been perished in that aircraft accident?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"That is just information and rumors that began to surface in San Pedro. That is from where she obtained the information. Up to now no information suggesting or pointing us to that Mr. Paz had died in any accident. We, the Belize Police Department have no information of any accident so far involving him."
As you heard, police have contacted their Guatemalan and Panamanian counterparts. His wife told police that it is not the first time Paz had taken this sort of trip to fly charters.
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