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There was an unexplained pecarry kill in the area of Maya Center village. the cause of death for the very many dead peccaries is unknown, but the Ministry of Environment has been investigating since yesterday and should have answers soon.

Agg. Assualt on San Pedro

And in a weekend crime story that we didn't have space for on the news last night… San Pedro police are currently investigating a home invasion that occurred in the San Pablo area of the island. An armed thief broke into the home of a 75-year-old American retiree, assaulted him, and robbed him several thousand dollar cash, which was being stored in a safe.

At around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Johan Wallace, a retired US soldier, was sitting inside his home with his front door opened when a masked gunman barged in.

The deputy head of the National Criminal Investigations Branch shared more details about the aggravated burglary during yesterday's press conference. Here's what he had to say:

Island cops they believe the attacker was tracking the retirees visits to the western union office.

A Robbery Out West

So while the island cops continue to search for those suspects, investigators from the Cayo District are trying to track down 2 known robbers who have been operating in the twin towns. It is believed that they struck again on Friday night at 28 Supermarket, on the Bullet Tree Road.

The owner, 40-year-old Binghui Zhu, told police that at around 7:20 p.m., 2 masked gunmen entered his business place and robbed him at gunpoint of an undisclosed amount of cash. Here's more about this incident from the Head of the National Criminal Investigations Branch:

Salvadorean Criminals Caught in Belize

Two Salvadoran criminals are back home tonight after Belizean Interpol handed them back to their Salvadorean counterparts. They are 34-year-old Simon Balthazar Lopez Vales and 26-year-old Franklin Lopez Mendoza both of whom have served prison time in Belize for immigration-related offenses. Vales has been wanted in El Salvador for Aggravated Extortion whilst Mendoza was wanted for Aggravated Homicide.

BPM to Barrow

Last week at his press conference, the Prime Minister suggested that the PUP - through attorney Andrew Marshalleck was somehow trying to delay the elections by taking a re-districting lawsuit to the Supreme eCourt.

Now, the PUP have no hand in the suit, but out is led by the Belize ePeace movement and now, Lord Ashcroft. Yesterday in the House, John Briceno said his party has no part in it:

In a press release, the PEACE Movement says it has consistently called on the GOB to do the redistricting exercise before the next general election, to ensure it complies with the Constitution. As a point of reference, in 2012 and again in 2015, OAS election observers recommended to our government that redistricting be undertaken. Therefore the Barrow Administration has had ample time to conduct the exercise.