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Alleged MS-13 gang members remanded to prison

Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2022. 2:35 pm CST.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Three men accused of being members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang have been remanded to the Belize Central Prison.

Brothers 35-year-old, Hilberto Ruiz and 30-year-old, Angel Antonio Ruiz along with 20-year-old, Abel Novel Martinez, appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, charged separately with being a member of a gang, to which they initially tried to plead guilty.

The men were hoping to receive a fine, saying that they were members of the Normandie Locos Salvatrucha clique within the MS13 but were not active in Belize. The men listed their occupations as a truck driver and construction workers respectively.

However, the Chief Magistrate explained to them that the offense does not carry a fine, so they all pleaded not guilty. They are due back in court on February 13, 2023.

Police say they have been investigating the 3 men since February 2018, as part of a larger investigation conducted between 2018 and 2022 to determine if the MS-13 gang is active in Belize. The investigation concluded that the NLS clique operates in Belize City committing offenses such as extortion and blackmail.

The gang is said to operate within the area from the junction of Krooman Road and the George Price Highway, South of Krooman Road, its entirety, continuing South of Krooman Road and parts of the area known as London Bridge which is situated to the South and East of Krooman Road.

 

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