By Belize Live News Staff: A 24 year old man of San Jose Village, Toledo District, has been charged with murder following the death of his father.
He is Leonardo Tzub, who is unemployed.
Police say that around 3:00pm on Wednesday, October 7, his 52 year old father, a farmer, was sitting on a chair in the yard of their home when Tzub allegedly came out of the house with a machete and chopped him on the left hand and the top of the head.
The man’s wife witnessed the attack. Fearing for their lives, the couple ran toward nearby bushes, where the farmer collapsed and lost consciousness.
Two men helped carry him to the roadside, and he was taken in a private vehicle to the Punta Gorda Community Hospital. He died despite receiving medical treatment.
Tzub was formally arrested and charged with murder on Thursday night.
