Tensions at border Belize and Guatemala

guatemala - Between Guatemala and Belize running tensions. The two Central American countries have sent troops to the border. Following the death of a thirteen year old boy from Guatemala last week.

He and his eleven year old brother and their father in the border with Belize under fire from soldiers from Belize.

The Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales speaks of a cowardly attack and demands that those responsible be punished. The government of Belize says that its soldiers were attacked and had to defend themselves. The security forces are increasingly attacked by Guatemalans who engage in illegal business in the border area, the national news agency of Belize said.

In the border are more likely to tensions between Guatemala and Belize. That's partly because the two countries do not fully agree on where the border runs exactly.