BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 6, 2008 - Two brothers, Mauricio Lemus, 20 and Anibal Lemus, 19, charged with the attempted murder of Wayne Joseph, 31, were freed of the charge yesterday in the Court of Justice Herbert Lord when Crown Counsel Francis Turner, on behalf of Crown Counsel Triennia Young, entered a nolle prosequi, indicating that the prosecution cannot proceed.

BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 6, 2008 - Calbert Budd Jr., 27, charged with the murder of Jason Avila, who was gunned down on the night of February 11, 2003, was freed of the charge yesterday in the Court of Justice Adolph Lucas when Crown Counsel Grant Schron entered a nolle prosequi, indicating that the prosecution cannot proceed.

Belize City, Mon. Nov. 3, 2008 - The country has seen two murders in the last week and within a two day span, between Sunday and yesterday, Police have been to the crime scenes for four additional, but separate murders. One died by gun and the other three by knives after they were stabbed multiple times. An elderly man was killed in Ladyville on Sunday and yesterday, two Chinese businessmen were murdered in Dangriga, while the last murder occurred in Belize City last night, when a man who is no stranger to Police, Kevin Hendy, was shot to death in front of his home. This murder streak has left another seven children without fathers to raise them.