Escape Attempt Ends in Paralysis, Prisoner Back Behind Bars Last week, a daring escape attempt took a dramatic turn when thirty-year-old Nyere Parchue was shot in the head by guards at the Belize Central Prison. Now, his life has changed forever; Parchue is paralyzed from the waist down. But was the gunshot the cause of his paralysis? And with just four weeks left on his sentence, will he still have to serve that time? News Five reached out to Virgilio Murillo, CEO of the Kolbe Foundation, who c

Inmate Shot During Daring Escape Attempt at Belize Central Prison Chaos erupted at the Belize Central Prison this morning when an inmate made a sudden and dangerous break for freedom. A thirty-year-old inmate, Nyere Parchue, decided he wasn’t waiting until September twentieth to walk free. Instead, he made a bold dash for freedom during recreation time, scaling the prison’s security fence in a desperate escape attempt. But tower guards weren’t about to let him go that easily. After several warni