PIRATES CLEAN OUT CONSERVATION BASE AT TOM OWEN´S CAYE ON THE BARRIER REEF.

ARMED PIRATES SPEAKING SPANISH AND BELIEVED TO BE FROM EITHER HONDURAS OR GUATEMALA, HAVE RAIDED TOM OWENS CAYE and stolen the complete set of SCUBA DIVING INVENTORY, INCLUDING TANKS, COMPRESSORS, generators, ETC.

The watchman was not killed, but injured and tied up and left on his own. The Belize Coast Guard apparently have no clue. Is there recorded archived satellite coverage one can only wonder, for the time of the robbery on the tiny rocky island? Piracy is common in Belize and has been for over 60 years that I know of. Having had altercations with pirates, or wannabe pirates myself during my seagoing career along the Great Barrier Reef. Thirty thousand US dollars worth of equipment was stolen over 4 hours.