Guatemala: Canadian expatriate in Belize murdered, body found in Guatemala

theglobeandmail.com reported that on Dec. 27, a body with no identification was found in Guatemala, about 15 minutes from the border. Dinsdale Thompson, superintendent of police in Benque Viejo, a town on the border with Guatemala, says investigators took photos of the body before it was buried in Santa Helena. “We contacted our Guatemalan counterparts, who gave us photographs,” Thompson said. “That did confirm … that it is indeed the body of Mr. Brian Townsend who has been murdered.” Read Article