BLUE CREEK, Orange Walk, Fri. Mar. 5, 2021– On Friday, March 5, 2021, two Mexican nationals apparently crash- landed a plane in the Blue Creek area of Orange Walk. Permission had not been given for the plane to enter Belizean airspace, and after being tipped off that there had been unauthorized entry into the country of a foreign aircraft, the police went to the scene of the crash-landing on the Blue Creek Community airstrip and saw the plane.

The front of the plane — a white and maroon Cessna 210 with the markings “XBNVX” — was extensively damaged. A search of the aircraft by police led to the discovery of aviation fuel, three navigational devices, Mexican pesos and 0.6 grams of suspected cocaine.

Two Mexicans charged after Blue Creek crash-landing At the site, the police detained Mexican nationals, Humberto Miranda Gonzalez, 39, and has charged him with for the possession of a controlled drug and 50-year-old Ramon Lopez Perez, who has been charged for landing an aircraft without permission.