And over the weekend, there was another flashpoint of conflict at the boundary of the two villages. Courtney Menzies has this story.

Sunday morning was anything but easy along the Yemeri Grove and Laguna boundary in the south. The two villages have been publicly at odds since March and yesterday, tensions flared after Laguna accused Yemeri villagers of attempting to encroach on their land.

Villager
"What you doing here, what is the problem?"

Harold Usher, Chairperson, Yemeri Grove Village
"We are coming to mark our land."

Villager
"You see how far you came."

Villager
"Where is your land? You have no land here."

Villager
"Laguna people we can't go and claim way by Yemeri Grove, by your house. You see my son's house is right here. Do you want to buy the cemetery? Come on, man."

Villager
"Don't come to Laguna land again, this is Laguna land."

Government Ministries have had to get involved in the past to try and keep the peace.

But on Sunday, the Yemeri village chairman explained that if Laguna isn't abiding by the rules of the ceasefire, then neither will they.

Harold Usher, Chairperson, Yemeri Grove Village
"As peaceful people, we actually sat and we are waiting for the authorities to do something. However, I must say that since then, there is at least two buildings that people from Laguna Village erected in the area, there are several house lots that were actually planted and some sort of development is being done on them and also we have whereby even the MLA is erecting a big building on the right hand side of the road coming back towards the highway. So as just Belizeans, as humans, we can't sit by and watch these people just enter into our village and just taking our land and doing what they want with it."

But yesterday on the scene, one Laguna resident, Monica Coc, said that they have also been maintaining the peace, while trying to calm the crowd.

Monica Coc
"Please, I don't know what your reasonings are for being here but as you very well know, we don't want to fight with anybody, we have been very peaceful so far. You guys have not so I'm asking you nicely, please go home, go to church, it's Sunday morning, I don't know what you're doing out here."

But Usher explained that there is always the concern that one day, the situation may get violent. He also said that the perceived unfair treatment towards Yemeri villagers is adding gas to the fire.

Harold Usher, Chairperson, Yemeri Grove Village
"When we stopped, Laguna continued, and he didn't write any letter to tell them to stop, and we want to know if he's fair or if he's not fair. He is in our government issued vehicle with it running with the AC. We have the AC running, we the taxpayers pay for this vehicle."

"I must say that definitely they are not applying the law evenly because like what I have said before, when the Laguna people and the members of the MLA come out and actually do what they want to do on the land, there is no calling of police, there is no Mr Commissioner of Indigenous People standing on the road and things, but when Yemeri Grove comes out within our village boundary, then the Commissioner of Indigenous People himself came out there and he didn't come to us, he went to the members of the MLA. So the treatment is definitely unfair because if we as Belizeans cannot do what we need to do or what we are supposed to do with our land within our village and share it among our people, then how can the government and how can our system tolerate members off the MLA and members of Laguna village to come within our village boundary and do so."

Usher then explained that after the commissioner, Greg Choc, arrived, he spoke with the Coc family before approaching him. And during that meeting, his government vehicle was parked in the middle of the Laguna road - creating even more tension.

Harold Usher, Chairperson, Yemeri Grove Village
"I feel really disrespected, this is a public road and I didn't expect of all the people, Gregory Choc would come and block the road like this. Instead of him being a mediator, he's an instigator."

Choc then spoke with Usher, but now they're awaiting the results of a necessary meeting.

Harold Usher, Chairperson, Yemeri Grove Village
"After he had finished with the Coc family, that was probably 30 to 40 minutes, he actually came to me and he actually told me that his ministry along with the Minister of Lands would like to have meeting with my village council and the Laguna village council. He said that his ministry is prepared to try and work out something between both villages."

"As Belizeans, as a civil society, I mean I have met with my council, and we all agreed to meet with the commissioner of indigenous people along with the Minister of Lands and we also agree to meet with the Laguna village council."

Reports to our newsroom state that there was supposed to be a meeting between Usher, Choc and the PG police station's OC, Brent Hamilton, however, we are told that the meeting did not proceed.