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THE SLAPSTICK SAGA OFTHES.S.TROPIC SEA
Did mutiny, gunplay and piracy break out on the Spanish Main when the Tropic Sea steamed in from Canada? Those were the rumors that spread in her wake and for melodrama they had nothing on the real story May 19 1962 KEN LEFOLII THE SLAPSTICK SAGA OFTHES.S.TROPIC SEA KEN LEFOLII May 19 1962
THE SLAPSTICK SAGA OFTHES.S.TROPIC SEA
Did mutiny, gunplay and piracy break out on the Spanish Main when the Tropic Sea steamed in from Canada? Those were the rumors that spread in her wake and for melodrama they had nothing on the real story
Fernando Avila
In last week’s edition of the Guardian Newspaper, we reported that a group of Belizean men were busted in Puerto Cortez, Honduras with stolen boat engines and other items. The alleged pirates were handed over to the authorities in Belize but one of those men, Jeremy Leslie, has since been cleared of the piracy charges. This comes after there was no evidence linking him to the rest of the groups nor to the charges of piracy. Leslie was reportedly in another room at the hotel where the men were intercepted by Honduran authorities. He was admittedly charged with an immigration offense but was grouped with the pirates and charged jointly for those offenses and for handling a stolen boat engine. Neither of these charges stuck, however, after the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) reviewed the file. Since there was no evidence linking him to these crimes, he was released of the charges.
Belizean pirates in Honduras
Recently, there has been a spike in the number of incidents of piracy and in one case, someone was shot and robbed before pirates made off with his boat. The Belize Police Department and the Coast Guard have been working in collaboration to deter the transnational organizations that have been committing these crimes in Belizean waters. But these men are not only working in our waters, proven when a group of persons, including at least five Belizeans, were busted in the Baja Mar community of Puerto Cortez. They were found by Honduran authorities with stolen engines and other items last week and are expected to be levied charges by the Belize Police Department.
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