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Tensions grow between Guatemala and Belize

Tensions between Guatemala and Belize over a disputed border area, increased on Thursday when Guatemala's Government said it suspected Belize soldiers were behind the killing of a teenage boy.
      
Defence Minister William Mansilla told reporters that 30 security personnel, including soldiers, had been deployed to the area where the 15-year-old boy was shot dead, and his brother and father wounded by bullets.  
     
He said the family had been walking back to their home from field labour near the north-western village of San Jose Las Flores.  
     
Both nations have agreed to take the territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – but only after each has held a referendum, the dates of which have not been set.


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