James Rudon
The Olivera family of western Belize is trying to cope with their hurt after Lionel Olivera Sr. became the victim of gun violence on Friday, April 23. Olivera, a 57-year-old retired soldier of the Belize Defense Force (BDF), was on duty as a security officer at Cayo One Stop Hardware Store in Santa Elena Town, Cayo. It was a typical night of work for Olivera Sr. but it all changed at around 10:30 p.m. when two men descended on the scene. One of those men pulled out a firearm and fired a single shot to Olivera at close range before fleeing the scene. Police understand that the culprits made off with Olivera’s company issued weapon, a Smith and Wesson 9mm firearm.
Apr 26, 2021
Lionel Olivera Sr.
Two murders were recorded over the weekend, in Santa Elena Town in the west and in Punta Gorda to the south. In today’s broadcast of criminal activities over the weekend, we begin with the murder of a retired B.D.F. soldier, who while working on duty as a security guard was killed and robbed of his firearm. The entire incident was caught on surveillance footage that was leaked on social media. News Five’s Duane Moody reports.
Duane Moody, Reporting
The cold-blooded murder of fifty-seven-year-old Lionel Olivera Senior was caught on surveillance camera outside Cayo One Stop Hardware Store on the George Price Highway in Santa Elena Town. There is where the former B.D.F. soldier worked for the past three to four years. But on the night of April twenty-third, two men came up to him, and fired a single shot at close range. He is then thrown to the ground and robbed of the company-issued firearm he carried.
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