Belize National Forensic Science Service

Belize Participates in Forensic Science Professional Internship Program Across Central America and the Dominican Republic

Through a regional project coordinated by SICA in partnership with South Korea, two Belizean Forensic Experts are currently participating in a month-long professional internship in their respective disciplines of lophoscopy and fi****ms analysis at leading national institutions in El Salvador and Guatemala. This program is designed to provide a standardized training framework for forensic experts from all SICA member countries in order to strengthen criminal investigative capacity and promote collaborative knowledge exchange in forensic science across the region.

Subsequent internship cycles in this regional SICA program will focus on other forensic science and legal medicine disciplines including forensic anthropology, toxicology, DNA, seized drug analysis, crime scene inspection and quality management.

For more information, visit: https://www.sica.int/noticias/se-inaugura-pasantia-forense-en-lofoscopia-en-guatemala_1_137761.html

Preliminary data on BAC levels of drivers who died in fatal RTAs from January to June 2024 indicate that almost 1 in every 2 drivers who died were intoxicated.

Forty-six percent (46%) of motorcycle drivers who died in road traffic fatalities that occurred during the period January to June 2024 had blood alcohol levels above the legally prescribed limit, based on samples obtained during forensic postmortem examinations and that were analysed using gas chromatography with flame ionization detection at the NFSS Laboratory. (n = 26)

Overall, forty-six percent (46%) of drivers of all types of motor vehicles who died in road traffic fatalities that occurred during the period January to June 2024 also had blood alcohol levels above the legally prescribed limit, likewise based on samples obtained during forensic postmortem examinations and that were analysed using gas chromatography with flame ionization detection at the NFSS Laboratory. (n = 37)

The most frequent age range of intoxicated drivers who died in both of these groups (drivers of motorcycles and drivers of all types of motor vehicles) was the 20 - 29 years range.

This statistical dataset was prepared by the NFSS for the “Belize National Alcohol Forum” held on 3rd December 2025 in Belize City.