Jennifer Conorquie
The nationality of the men who ambushed Conorquie remains a mystery to Belize’s Foreign Minister and to the politicians in the Ministry of National Security. But there is little doubt in anybody else’s mind that the killers were Guatemalan bandits. In fact, they fled across the Guatemalan border, five kilometres away, following the murder. There is some anger today at what is being called the blatant cowardice of government following the forced retraction of a comment by police officials. At the funeral of Conorquie on Sunday, Assistant Superintendent Dinsdale Thompson told the gathering that the police had concluded their part of the investigation, and had determined that the murderers were Guatemalan. By Monday morning, Thompson’s political bosses had forced him to retract that statement, and for Danny’s family and friends, that is unacceptable.
Jennifer Conorquie, Aunt of Danny Conorquie
“It’s very disturbing. It’s like children in Standard Six. I mean he said it. He knows what he felt, He knows what he knew. The way how I look at it is that he saw everybody at that funeral and it was in him because he was standing there like he was thinking and when he went up and said that my sister said mein I feel good when he seh dat. But on the other end I seh he dead…because I knew what would happen to him, because I knew they would let him retract it. As they all seh that they are still investigating it but I know, you know, everybody else know…who else come from out that bush? Guatemalans…nobody else! So as I said before I’d like to say thanks to Mr. Thompson and the whole San Ignacio Police force. And what is said is said. You can’t take it back.”
Audrey Matura-Shepherd
Audrey Matura-Shepherd, Activist
“My aunt always used to tell me there are three things that you cannot take back – time that has passed, an arrow that has been spent and words that have been spoken. The fact that they made him add something else does not remove the fact that those words were uttered and are forever engrained in somebody’s IPhone and some DVD somewhere or some camera. So it doesn’t matter what they say. I think the government forcing him to take it back, or his superiors under the instruction of whatever powerful minister or official forcing him to take that back is not a reflection of him. It is a reflection of them…how coward they are and how fearful they are. You mean he can’t say that they are Guatemalans? Hello? Are they special?”
According to Jennifer Conorquie, she has spoken to Prime Minister Dean Barrow. She and Danny’s mother are to meet with him soon. She confirmed that there was discussion of financial support for the family, but told News Five that she preferred to leave those details private.
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