A Belize City mother is expressing grave concerns for her seventeen-year-old son’s safety following a violent pursuit that nearly turned fatal, while simultaneously accusing local police of inadequate response and procedural delays. The incident, captured on surveillance footage from the West Collet Canal area on Monday night, depicts the teenager fleeing for his life as two men and a woman emerged from a vehicle and gave chase.
The mother attributes the attack to an ongoing territorial rivalry within the community. Despite promptly filing an official police report and attempting to pursue legal recourse, she claims to have encountered nothing but bureaucratic obstacles and uncooperative authorities. She reports being given inconsistent instructions, told to return on different days due to officer unavailability, and ultimately faced with what she describes as a complete lack of investigative progress.
In an emotional account, the victim recounted jumping from his bicycle to escape, losing his phone and bicycle in the process—items which were later discarded into a drain by the assailants. The mother’s fear is palpable as she describes the morning after the incident, terrified that missed calls might have conveyed the worst news imaginable.
The Belize Police Department has provided a brief statement to news outlets confirming that an investigation into the matter is currently ongoing, though specific details regarding timeline or progress remain undisclosed.