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Belize condemns alleged Guatemalan military aggression against BDF patrol at Sarstoon

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📍 Belize, BZ·🕐 18h ago·2 outlets

An encounter between members of the Guatemalan armed forces and the Belize Defense Force (BDF) on November 7th prompted the deployment of additional troops to the Sarstoon Forward Operating Base in the Toledo District. The Government of Belize (GOB) condemned the incident, reporting that Guatemalan military vessels crossed into Belizean waters and aggressively approached a BDF patrol near Sarstoon Island.

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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Guatemalan military encounter with the BDF on the Sarstoon that Fonseca condemned in Report 1, and the two do not contradict each other.

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