GUINEA GRASS, Orange Walk District, Fri. Dec. 14, 2018– Veronica Quetzal, 43, a businesswoman of Guinea Grass, is traumatized and has closed her store and left the village after she and her sister were held up and robbed by three armed, masked men at about 1:30 Wednesday morning while they were sleeping in her house in the village.

The thieves stole an undisclosed amount of cash, jewelry and other items from her home.

The robbers have not yet been found.

Police said that the thieves gained entrance into the house by damaging the back door. They then made their way into Quetzal’s and her sister’s rooms, from which they were taken and ordered to be quiet while the criminals ransacked the house and stole her belongings.