Guatemala says the military aircraft was never there. Belize says the technology proves otherwise. The Minister of Home Affairs is standing firmly behind evidence that tracked the aircraft inside Belizean airspace, insisting there is no uncertainty about the incursion. That data is now in the hands of Belizean officials and international partners. But the flight is drawing even greater scrutiny because it reportedly coincided with a wet drop off Belize’s coast, fueling new suspicions about the aircraft’s presence and purpose.
Reporter
“We know that cocaine deh bout right now.”
Julius Espat
Julius Espat, Minister of Home Affairs
“Same day.”
Reporter
“Share with us your perspective on the confluence of events.”
Julius Espat
“ We just need to look at it closely. We know it happened. We have seen the products on. I think it was on your station. It’s there. It’s a reality. And we have to sit down with the North American or North American partners to find a way to solve it. I don’t think it can be one hundred percent solved. It has never been one hundred percent solved but we can minimize it. I think the cooperation is a good one but we can better it. That the plane scenario was true. It been proven to be true and sometimes people try to underestimate and belittle the technology that youths have access to. Well now we’re in the AI reality and you have to respect those because they’re being confirmed. The CEO from Defense confirmed that it is so and I think the foreign ministry is taking it up now at a different level. That you can say it’s not true from the other side. Well, that’s for their, their issue. But the truth will always set you free. And so the – everybody has the data. North American partners have the data, we have the data. Our Central American partners have the data. Even the young guy had it, has it before everybody it seemed.”
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