Second file post

By: Harold M

I am reposting an older post of Mr. McAfee’s and have added additional data from the files as supporting evidence.  I am doing this because I feel it is necessary to dispel certain pre-disposed attitudes in the mind of the press and the public before a proper understanding of events can occur.

The Government has portrayed Mr. Mcafee as paranoid.  So has the press.  “Why armed guards?” is the government’s question.  “What on earth does he have to be afraid of.  Belize is a safe country and no-one needs to be afraid of anything”. ” Mr. McAfee is bonkers”, declared the Prime Minister.  Mr. McAfee has declared otherwise. You must decide, in this first series of posts , where the truth lies.  The previous post gave evidence of danger on the mainland.  This one will give evidence of danger on the island of San Pedro, where Mr. McAfee also has residences.

Here is the original post with my added data:

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Approximately two months ago Mr. McAfee left his house, by boat, to go spend the night at his condo (Ocean Aire) about four miles south of his primary residence. He frequently changed his location because he felt threatened and believed it was safer if few people knew his whereabouts.  As he was leaving Mr. McAfee watched one of his security guards on the dock take out his phone and make a call while watching Mr. McAfee’s departure intently.  He became suspicious.  Instead of going directly to the condo, Mr. McAfee hung out in the boat at sea for an hour or so and then went to the condo.  When he arrived the security guard at the condo came immediately to the boat in an nervous fashion and told Mr. McAfee that a creole man in a golf cart had arrived about an hour earlier and demanded to talk to Mr. McAfee.  When the guard said that he was not home, the man became agitated.  He insisted that Mr. McAfee was really home and demanded to see for himself.  It was only the intervention of the neighbor living below Mr. McAfee – Keith and Barbara Hoffman –  that convinced the man to leave.

The following day Mr. McAfee received an email from the neighbors downstairs.  They had awoken to find a letter under their door.  This is the email:

John

There was a letter on our door this morning that I think needs your attention it’s very threatening, I know know why you have security! It’s from Swan? At the least I think you should let the police know! He wants money…Please advise what you want to do.   xxx xxxx (Phone number blanked out)

Keith

Mr. McAfee did not go to the police for reasons tht will become clear in my subsequent posts.  He instead hired a private investigator.  Mr. McAfee and the investigator went and spoke with the Hoffmanss, who seemed genuinely afraid.  The investigator calmed them somewhat and then immediately went to Mr. McAfee’s primary residence.  He held a meeting with every employee and every guard.  He took mug shots of them, copied their IDs, and then made them all copy the letter in their own handwriting:

He then compared each copied letter with the original:

Mr. McAfee also submitted a sample of his own handwriting for the records.  There were no matches found.

Mr. McAfee immediately fired the security guard who had intently watched him leave the dock.  Mr. McAfee believed that the guard was in collusion with the creole man who arrived at the condo expecting Mr. McAfee to have been home.  Mr. McAfee’s hour wait in the boat before arrival prevented the creole man from meeting him, he believed.

This event occurred two weeks before the attempted raid on Mr. McAfee’s home that was detailed in Mr. McAfee’s post “The Raid of October 15th“.  I will be reposting that report as well, and I will include supporting documentation.  My next post, in a few hours, will begin the much longer series of events that began with Mr. McAfee’s introduction to a young woman named Marcia Novello.  All the evidence in this first series of posts is to point ot the absurdity of everyone’s claim that Mr. McAfee is paranoid.  The evidence should clearly show that anyone in similar circumstances would have behaved the same.

My subsequent posts will show the link to the Government of Belize.  For further background:
Before Marcia was introduced to Mr. McAfee, she was having an affair with a married Coast guard Captain, who I will currently refer to as captain B.  Captain B and Mr. K had arranged for a number of meetings between Marcia and some notorious gangsters in Belize City to discuss the unfolding plot to kidnap, and possibly kill, Mr. McAfee.  One of those gangsters was a man named James Swan.  He was the Cousin of Eric Swan, the purported author of the above letter.  James Swan was shot and killed in Corozal, a month or so prior to the delivery of the letter.

While we are in a lull, remember that John is sitting in a Guatemalan prison awaiting extradition back to Belize.  Your emails helped release his friends.  How about doing the same for him.  If Belize no longer insists on his return, then the Guatemalan Government will let himcome home.  Here are the addresses, bot of the Guatemalan President, and Belize

 
In addition Venezuela has a huge sway over affairs in Cemtral America:
 
 
 
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70 responses to “Second file post”

  1. Aaron Avatar
    Aaron

    Who the hell gets a computer and internet connection in prison, Guatemala no less? Why is this Posted By John McAfee, but By Harold M when McAfee is supposedly incapacitated? Doubtful someone as paranoid as McAfee would allow Harold access to his personal account. Why did his body guard call a friend when McAfee was LEAVING and wouldn’t be back? Why did McAfee say he submitted handwriting samples and not provide us a photo to prove his didn’t match the letter? How did he gain access to a personal facebook account in the next few pages? How convenient that a girl who moved in with him after knowing him 10 days happened to be an informant. Is it not easier to make a false facebook account than to obtain someone’s account? There’s just a million inconsistencies, so forgive my
    informed skepticism. It seems like a publicity stunt, particularly given that McAfee is later quoted as saying that Intel should have used these incidents for publicity. Things just aren’t adding up.

  2. Samantha (not that one) Avatar
    Samantha (not that one)

    No one is begging for your presense believe me. We have enough stupid people of our own.

  3. Samantha (not that one) Avatar
    Samantha (not that one)

    THANK YOU

  4. ron Avatar
    ron

    Reading the Belize Wiki, it seems apparent that much of the violence in Belize is bleed-over from Mexico’s drug wars. Just a few doors down, in Costa Rica, they report little gang activity. Some say this is because (in CR) they tend to legalize everything. Did John go to Belize because it’s formly a Brit colony? Maybe he should have done the speedy-spanish language course, and plopped down a few doors further south. WIki says the Brits still have a small army contingent in Belize. Wonder if that would have been useful?

  5. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    I am very new to this blog.. & I know nothing about politics or government, but I am smart enough to figure out when someone is in danger. John is doing right thing, he got out of there & protective Sam too. We need to make sure these emails get written. I have for one never been out of the country but with things like this going on, I don’t want too. I know the feeling of having to watch your back & you can become paranoid to some but really its just staying 1 step ahead of your attacker/abuser. John I hope you are doing ok & I hope Sam is safe & understands why you did the things you did. I think these guys killed Mr. Faull and are definitely trying to pen on John for extortion. Keep fighting!

  6. Jonathan Avatar
    Jonathan

    If Belize is so safe, then why when taking a cruise, is there armed men with machine guns keeping the locals away from the tourists? You depart at a fenced in area and are not permitted to leave by yourself unless with a tour group. That didn’t seem like a very safe place to me and we have let multiple cruse lines know it!

  7. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    Free John McAfee. Let him return to the USA!

  8. loose cannon Avatar

    Oh, JM, did Swan ever call? You know, on Sunday morning? That’s what makes me think that he wrote the letter, because he says he will call you to tell you when to meet him with the money. Not sure what day you got the note. Maybe by then he’d gotten relief some other way. My brain hurts.

  9. RA Avatar
    RA

    American Samoa

  10. choons Avatar
    choons

    All this evidence, and yet the wrong decision about what to do about it was made EVERY SINGLE TIME?? I’m sorry, this all may be true but it has that same WTF factor as when Casey Anthony said she didn’t report her daughter missing because she was “doing her own investigation.” If McAfee is innocent but goes down for the crime it’s going to be because of the bizarre way all this was handled

  11. Boycott America Avatar
    Boycott America

    Lol you people are idiots. Shady characters shaking him down, that’s because he is into shady business deals

  12. loose cannon Avatar

    Swan said he had his men watching John at the condo & he wanted the money. He definitely left the note (he had to leave or risk being seen) & whoever John saw at the condo that night, who stared at him for 8 hours, Swan had everything to do with it & whoever “they” are,as in “they will still get you”. John knows who “they” are, but why did they want him dead? He’s dead, no money. Right? I’m still having trouble with the staring for 8 hours. I can believe there were maybe a few of Swan’s men outside at Captain Morgan’s, but 30-40 staring for 8 hours? Nah, can’t go for that. Not yet anyway. So, if he gave them the money & $150,000 to Swan, they’d all go away? I want to see or hear the evidence of John being extorted for the $2 million dollars. If Landy Burns & Tony Rhaburn are behind all of this & sent Swan & McCoy to kill John, then demand they both be brought before an international court. So they planned to kill & rob him (Swan), Amy One in Orange Walk… Who hired the gangsters to kill him? Too many possibilities & combinations. I’m outta here.

  13. loose cannon Avatar

    And Swan telling John after he agreed to back off. “They will still git you”. Who is they? There is no end to this madness. Somebody keep John medicated so he can’t get into any more trouble. No more Viagra, no more slumber parties. The fun is OVER!!!

  14. loose cannon Avatar

    Kinda sounds like the US come to think of it! Exact same thing. Politics sucks, power corrupts, corporations rule the world & own every one of us. Have a nice day.

  15. loose cannon Avatar

    I just hope they didn’t find it in John’s house. Maybe they did ping it & that’s why they went back & searched his house. BTW, rogue trader, just how is John supposed to get his hands on the murder victim’s phone??? Just curious!!

  16. Rhonda Avatar
    Rhonda

    Sorry, I meant, wasnt an illierate!, lol

  17. Rhonda Avatar
    Rhonda

    Anyone who reads the letter from Swan can see that it was written to throw someone off. It was an illiterate who wrote it! It was someone trying to conceal his handwritting, and any handwritting specialist would see right thru this! Come on people. First, his ‘A’s are different in parts of the letter. He clearly tells you who he is in the start of it, and then the end. And he can spell estate, but not simple words? The letter’s slant to the left and to the right. People who write and have written have a signature, everyone knows that, a special way to write, thats why Mcaffee had everyone copy the letter. He knew what he was doing. He knows this shit, he is a smart man, he keeps telling US how smart he is! He knows they would check the slant on the letters, ect…Come on..this is getting to far fetched…even worst then some of the CIA’s shit that my con man husband was involved in, and that was some crazy shit…

  18. oldybutgoodie Avatar
    oldybutgoodie

    so who was the body guard who made the call?

  19. Boycott Belize Avatar
    Boycott Belize

    That would probably be music to his ears bc Belize will stay as corrupt as ever. No wonder why it’s a third world country. As an American I would NEVER vacation there.

    PROTEST BELIZE!!!

  20. Ron Avatar
    Ron

    In the US these days, ya gotta be a good little soldier, take orders, and not “notice” things. John’s chromosomes never allowed that sort of self delusion, so the US isn’t interested.

  21. Paul Avatar

    Yea… right.

  22. brobriobri Avatar
    brobriobri

    Good point.

  23. jj Avatar
    jj

    Well so far you seem like the bigger idiot here if you still choose to believe the non sence in the media when its not to hard to research any of this and see for your self that Mcafee is more then likely innocent. esp considering hes not the one with the long record for lying and corruption. The GSU is a bunch of murdering thugs. Who have nothing but bad press on them out side of nice rosy press releases written by them. The GSU are the only ones in that entire country that have a good thing to say about the GSU.

  24. Nate Avatar
    Nate

    What you said makes sense too and adds to the fleshing out of events. Perhaps he went in and followed a business model that intellectually worked, but wasn’t suited to the alien environment. You are right it is conjecture, only time will tell. I will state that his story doesn’t sound paranoid, it sounds credible based on what we know now.
    It’s like creep that ultimately covered him head to toe.

  25. loose cannon Avatar

    That is the $50,000,000 question. I think he loves living on the edge & thrives on drama, adrenaline, & excitement. Things just seem to have gone way downhill for him there, starting with Amy One & hiring the gangsters. I think he wanted to know the real Belizeans, those on the fringe & to live on the fringe with them. And he was probably bored. His researcher had left, his girlfriend, Jenn walked out (well, she caught Amy living with John in Orange Walk). Something changed for him in Orange Walk & I don’t think for the better.

  26. Bruce Avatar
    Bruce

    Stuff like this is why when a normal person wins the lottery, they are told to consult a lawyer etc. Even in America, people try to shake down the rich.

    Just imagine a 3rd world country if you are rich but not powerful enough to make the people fear you enough to leave you alone.

  27. Craig Leeds Avatar
    Craig Leeds

    Seriously??? How to people buy this garbage. What a joke this idiot is!! Lock him up and throw away the key.

  28. loose cannon Avatar

    It’s not just that. There was a post made a couple of weeks ago, which I’ll try to find, from someone who obviously knows how Belize works. He basically said the same thing, that John came on too strong & too forceful & ruffled too many feathers. He did things without ever asking the “elders” of the towns, if they needed or even wanted these contributions. People are old & set in their ways & he kind of rode in like the sheriff. Too much, too soon, too fast. He meant well, but here’s this Gringo seeming to take over their community & they were never approached by him to talk about it (so they say). There’s an article about their feelings concerning the new police station (that they never used) & other improvements. I think it overwhelmed them. I think this is what started the trouble & that John’s payroll was about $6,000 a week. He provided jobs, resources, improvements, but his money also attracted the gangsters & drug dealers, & the rest is history. Kind of a power struggle ensued. Scary people. I’m still not sure that the GSU wasn’t just acting on a tip. Maybe they weren’t. I don’t know, but no harm came to him & he wasn’t charged. It’s all conjecture. None of us know, but there may be incriminating evidence still to come. I really hope so for his sake.

  29. Crazy Larry Avatar
    Crazy Larry

    It’s always about money. These Threats aren’t to be taken likely, From day one, there should have been something done about it, get to the root of things. Time went by, and it gave time for the murderer to throw things John’s way. I seen and heard a lot things while i was growing up here in the states, and i know how easy it is, for an innocent person to be tried for something he didn’t do. Has John been Charged yet? If not, Lawyers should have him out.

  30. loose cannon Avatar

    It most certainly is, but the Belizean government nor the police department will give up any information. With all of the people willing to lie for money or protection or for personal gain, I don’t know how they’ll ever get the truth. John certainly could have done it, but who’s lying & who isn’t? Those closest to him have scattered for the most part. Anyone could be turned. None of us are close enough to the situation to know (maybe someone reading the blog is). What scares me is that the questions for John & the answers he gives, may not jibe with any testimony already given by “witnesses”, so it could result in a warrant being issued for his arrest. I don’t know. I just hope he lays low for now. Enough has been said.

  31. Padraig Avatar
    Padraig

    Speculation, and this from a real estate agent that is crooked as hell. And I’m sorry, WTF drug comes in Greyish Powder form… You must get all your facts from either Wired Magazine. Study the facts my friend!

  32. Nate Avatar
    Nate

    So, from what I can make of this, John had a gangster connection because he chose to live in the Belizian interior, away from the tourist zones. Because he needed to gain access to the flora that necessary for his business creating antiseptics, he must have researched the area and subsequently created strategies for living in the area unhindered. Apparently, pushing money into the local economy and buying off the local gangsters was a way to checkmate any potential violence that would be expected in such a poor rural area. Secondly, he supplied police with the means to be police. What John probably didn’t expect and hadn’t drawn into his calculations was how far the corruption went up the chain of command. So, enter stage left the politicians and others who came in to also get a slice of pie. Of course their slice should be much bigger. Buck stopped here and John refused. Now a sense of having lost face and feeling “left out”, John gets hit with the footmen gangster of the politicians, the GSU. Police after all are the biggest gangs in the world, after armies.
    How could John have known the depths of corruptive rot that has Belize in a death grip.
    So, follow the dots and now you have this.
    John’s flaw was not having enough information to accept the fact that Belize is a rotten corpse of corruption. Anyone could have made the mistake if they weren’t historically on the inside. Why is John Mcafee being strung up by the media? Airlines, hotel chains, cruise ship lines, whatever western arm that makes money off Belize…..

  33. loose cannon Avatar

    Tony worked for John in Orange Walk, not Ambergris Caye.

  34. loose cannon Avatar

    Things started happening fast & furious after the raid in Orange Walk, but it has been building for quite awhile. Don’t get me wrong. I feel that John came on way too strong, thinking he could fix everyone by building a police force & a station, confronting the gang leaders, trying to turn things around & change people, more or less attempting to put right a system that has been years in the making. Please don’t take this the wrong way, John. But you are very manic & like to be the teacher, the Svengali, & that works in countries like the US, but in places like Belize, it is insane. It threatens the hierarchy on so many levels & brought intense danger down on you. And in your attempt to tell your story, you did it rashly, by contacting reporter after reporter asking them to focus on the corruption, not on you. There lies the problem. You are bigger than life & relish being the center of attention (not an insult, just the way it is), so with your strong personality, propensity for pranks, & offbeat sense of humor, the corruption always took a back seat, especially with the bluelight.ru prank, the Russian roulette, etc, the bevy of young girls. Of course everyone will see the story as about you. They can’t see the forest for the big oak tree! It’s been happening all along & I am hopeful that your attorneys have advised you to lay low & let the corruption take center stage. Not your many girlfriends, not Samantha, not all of the intricate details, but the actual corruption that lies at the center of everything. Give the Guatemalan government a chance to see you & the corruption without all of the drama & histrionics. Otherwise they will be done with you. If you want to be taken seriously, let the evidence speak for now.

  35. Dtapped Avatar
    Dtapped

    People need to copy all the info being released incase anything happens to John (or Harold). As someone mentioned earlier this whole thing is a shakedown of catastrophic proportion. The United States needs to step the **** up and get John on safe ground.

  36. KuMcCoy Avatar
    KuMcCoy

    If the Belize where to deport him, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal. I think the government wants McAfee’s money most of all. Its hard to say but i think McAfee was trying to escape to America on his own.

  37. Connie Avatar
    Connie

    Do we know who the guard was that appeared to be in the wrong place when John was leaving to go to his condo? Was it Tony? I think the guard probably called Swan to let him know John was on his way. This was definately a inside job.

  38. Ron Avatar
    Ron

    Screw Hawaii! South Pacific man!

  39. Carlito Avatar
    Carlito

    I agree with Ron. The War on drugs is a losing battle, especially for Latin American countries. Legalization is the only way to remove incentive from the criminal drug traffickers.

  40. a_nomad Avatar
    a_nomad

    Hello John. I wish you good luck if in fact you have been a target. But I must say that some of the stories are confusing. I think you’ve been setting yourself up for this.
    I have been traveling the world, Central America as well, for five years now. Going from broke to having a little money,
    while dreaming about freedom, being able to persue my creative passions somewhere in a place like Belize (just example). All this can be done on one thousand dollars a month, even less. I had quite a good life in Mexico and Guate, 7 months on 3k. You have way more resources to do that than needed.
    Why do you get involved in politics, busting governments, why waste time on elaborate pranks, especially
    about drugs and shit??? That’s all a game, and you like sitting on a deck fishing, right? Maybe too used to having a sheltered life…
    Cold shower is not the worst thing in life, sometimes it’s a blessing. Hope you will get a chance to wake up and walk a clear straight line,
    instead of wasting time one money on, what it seems, controversy. You can’t change the world, but you can make one person smile at a time. I hope you don’t mind this little dose of constructive criticism, it’s a bit of a bad time for it, I know. Hope you will get to think about when times are quieter. Good luck. Stan

  41. Connie Avatar
    Connie

    Your not paranoid if they are really out to get you.

  42. loose cannon Avatar

    Beautiful statement. How sad that these people only wanted justice for their son & trusted this police officer to do the right thing. The innocent need protection & the police officers need good training & livable wages. With only 2 parties & the incredible division between the 2 & the mad scramble for power, money, & control, nothing can happen. Everyone’s buying everyone.

  43. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    with respect to JM on his own blog,
    all this drama being just that,
    isnt the real question here,
    who killed Mr. Faull?

  44. Lil Smokey Avatar
    Lil Smokey

    Why would a multimillionaire live in such scummy place? There are plenty of beautiful, safe places to live the tropical lifestyle around the world. If it’s so dangerous move somewhere safer, you fucking loaded. With that said, I am thoroughly enjoying the blog. Well done.

  45. Brimstone Avatar
    Brimstone

    Ooops, I didn’t have my glasses on when I was reading the article and I misread the name..It was Jason Swan not James Swan that was killed in 2009. Well poop I though I was onto something. I guess I will put my homemade detective kit away, because I have clearly failed. My apologys….

  46. Jeff Cooper Avatar
    Jeff Cooper

    As the story unfolds it’s become clear that John was definatly keen to what was going on around him, things that probably would have made anyone uneasy. John I hope your ok. We all pulling for your release and hope to hear from you soon.

  47. Brimstone Avatar
    Brimstone

    Very interesting…I noticed something after reading your post…Mr. M( who is writing for John now) Mentioned at the end of his posting that James Swan was killed a month prior to the letter being left with John’s neighbors aprox- 2 mos ago. But in the article, you copy/paste to your post, it states that James was killed in 2009. Something isn’t setting right here. Eric Swan has been locked up since 2009, and James Swan has been dead since 2009. So how are Eric and James Swan even relevant in this scheme. James has been dead for 3 yrs not 3 mos like Mr. M claims. Also, why would someone give their name in an extortion letter, making threats, especially while they are currently incarcerated. I don’t see the relevance. It seems made up. Oh ok, “the guy isn’t here who we are going to try to extort money out of, so let’s leave him a letter”…..Give me a break.

  48. Alisha Avatar
    Alisha

    I wasn’t able to comment before but I am glad John is being allowed to stay. Hope Sam is doing well too, in a picture posted on Yahoo you could see how upset she was. I have been reading this blog along with most of you and I hope the truth comes out so John can get back to normal life. 🙂 Best wishes!

  49. Ron Avatar
    Ron

    I agree with John’s take on booze and drugs. Bad, bad, bad. BTDT. But – the anti-drug laws of these countries are never good for anything but creating a horrific crime problem. If somebody wants to ruin their mind – they will find a means to do it anyway they can. Drugs were legal up to the point of the roaring twenties, but barely mentioned in history books. What a sneaky way to build a police state planet!

  50. Ramster Avatar
    Ramster

    John has a good sixth sense as he knew in his gut that something fishy was up when he noticed the guard call wen he left in the boat. This sense has kept him alive so far but there are only two options for him as far as i can see a. cut of the snakes head and bring down the whole currupt system or b. get an invisible suit and hide for the rest of his life…

  51. Suzy Avatar
    Suzy

    To the Roy poster, I totally feel your comment. I think you are absolutely right about dealing with illiterate thugs who try to extort him every 3rd Thursday. LOL… Totally True!

    “I’ve got to hand it to John – he doesn’t let being a multimillionaire get in the way of having an exciting life. If I had his money I’d be living the good life on a resort in Hawaii, not dealing with illiterate muds trying to whack me every third Tuesday.

    Best of luck dude, we’re all pulling for ya here.”

  52. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    LC, great breakdown.

    His knowledge of chemical drug information, apparent from his own mouth, belies the explanation of non drug use.

    The local rel estate agent that found John sleeping on his condo balcony one morning, again running in fear at an odd scenario, reported finding him in a pool of his own piss & leaving a bag of a greyish powder substance behind. Which he claims to have flushed right away.
    There are some details in the story that would be hard for JM to explain away, given a true & hones process . one might think.
    There is strong indication of pharmacological exploration.
    It could explain some downright tweaky behaviour!.

  53. Roy Avatar
    Roy

    I’ve got to hand it to John – he doesn’t let being a multimillionaire get in the way of having an exciting life. If I had his money I’d be living the good life on a resort in Hawaii, not dealing with illiterate muds trying to whack me every third Tuesday.

    Best of luck dude, we’re all pulling for ya here.

  54. Connie Avatar
    Connie

    Reading these descriptions of what transpired, it appears as though many people wanted John dead. Death threats were coming from everywhere. Who could he trust? I would’ve run too. It was the only way that he could insure that he had a chance to live.

  55. T Johnson Avatar
    T Johnson

    In the comments section of the Channel 5 link from LC:
    Al says:
    June 13, 2012 at 10:32 am
    People need to understand, that when you make out a report to the police you do not leave without a copy of your signed report. My Belize people have settled for so little, they just take whatever is done or given to them. Please wake up demand more from your government. Change will only come when the people band together, take to the streets and bring INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION to the situation. I am so sorry for my people, I see a people who as long as there is some beans on the stove and a piece of bread, or a fish are satisfied with life. If little is all you want little is what you get, stand up for more, you deserve a life that is not just you born, suffer and die. This is not what God intended, this is what your stupid leaders have inflicted on you.

  56. loose cannon Avatar

    Now I think that it was Swan, himself, who was waiting at the condo. He was hiding out & wanted for the murder of the 2 teens & needed money to get out of Belize. John is so lucky that he noticed the guard watching him & making the phone call. If he’d shown up on time, he most likely would have killed him. Who are the corrupt policemen that Swan paid to get out of the murders? Who is Corporal Hernandez who mysteriously remembered nothing about a report being filed about Swan’s death threats against the 2 boys? Of course, both teens were Crips & they were killed over dealing drugs. The corruption is so deep & intertwined, involving drugs, gangs, low pay, bribery, death threats, & everything in between. How can you pick just one or two people? The whole system is screwed. Hell, I can see Swan killing Mr. Faull. Just to have McAfee in prison so he could plunder his estate free of any interruption, since his first plan to kill John didn’t work. That place scares the hell out of me. I just wish John had stayed low key & never allowed any of these violent criminals into his world, especially working for him. And some of the girls were also involved with these gangsters. I know he wishes he’d done things differently. Please do not go back to Belize, ever.

  57. oldybutgoodie Avatar
    oldybutgoodie

    Wow, Swan is a bad mother. Thanks for posting these links. I will NEVER go to Belize again. This place is DANGEROUS.

  58. Ramster Avatar
    Ramster

    hey #loosecanon you paint a pretty clear picture thanks i now understand a lot more than before. i guess if you play with fire you will get burned why did John hang out with these gangsters?

  59. loose cannon Avatar

    The last link is very telling, because a notice of the death threats by Eric Swan against Espat & Alamilla that was sent to the Prosecutor’s Office disappeared. So Swan had no problem putting his threats on paper & this is when he threatened to kill John if he did not give him the money to leave the country. Of course, this was before Swan was acquitted. How did he buy his way out? He had to have gotten the money somewhere. Now that’s corruption. I think Amy Two & Amber Two were helping to set John up for Swan. What scary people. Now I understand why John was moving from place to place else & scared for his life. Swan had threatened to kill him & he probably had friends in the police force, so John didn’t know who was coming after him at this point. I would have been out of there so fast. This letter shows that Swan threatened to kill John & I can’t see how John can ever live safely in Belize again.

  60. loose cannon Avatar

    Please understand that I am a paralegal & while not yet an attorney, I am trying to see what evidence will & will not be allowed in court & what John has said that may hurt him. I have now read everything available & have just decided to start to post my thoughts. I hope you will allow me. This letter was originally posted on November 22, and it refers to Eric Swan, a gangster arrested for the murder of “expats” as he says in this note. Here is a link:
    http://amandala.com.bz/news/eric-swan-23-arraigned-for-the-january-murder-of-john-paul-saldivar/

    John had dealings with him & I do believe that he wrote this letter from jail & had one of his gangster members deliver it to John. Was the guard that John fired affiliated with Eric Swan? The man who was frantically looking for John was told by the guard that he could be found at his condo. When the man couldn’t find him, he left the letter for him, although under the wrong door. Swan was in deep trouble & he was trying to threaten John into giving him the money, so he could bribe his way out, or make bail, & then leave the country, as many criminals in Belize do & return when the heat is off of them. John, wanting to make himself safe in Orange Walk, approached one of the biggest gangsters there & told him that he had put $500,000 in an account in Italy, with instructions that if anything happened to him (death), that the money would be used to kill this particular gangster. The gangster worried that if something happened to John, that he’d be blamed for it & said, “I guess I work for you now”. Was this Swan? Regardless, it didn’t keep other gang members from trying to extort money from John or to harm him. And Swan had the “guns & the soldiers” (John’s words) to come after him. John has said that he discovered the plot that included Amy Two, Eric Swan’s brother James (another gangster that has since been murdered), Amber Two (I think), & that they planned to kill him strictly for robbery, expecting to find millions.

    This is the kind of stuff that any judge or prosecutor will bring up, if any of this evidence is brought up in court. John’s attempt to “keep your friends close & your enemies closer” will hurt him tremendously, because he associated with these guys who were accused, violent murderers & hired them for protection & they turned on him. This is the problem. You can’t separate the gangsters with their crimes & threats to kill him, from the local politicians in Orange Walk. John in his attempt to show the corruption, has put a huge amount of evidence on paper, with reporters, & on this blog, showing that he surrounded himself with people who were dangerous & who threatened to kill him, meaning the gangsters. The prosecutors will have a field day, because no one can clearly define from whom & from where, the threats & raids were coming. He said he saw men in black land on the dock next to his one night. Gangsters or police? There has got to be video proof or something, somewhere that shows a clandestine raid by a member of one of the police forces, or verifiable proof on paper of an official ordering a raid to kill him. If not, it cannot be entered as evidence & if it is, they have so much damning evidence in John’s own words that will leave a huge amount of doubt & will make him look very bad. I’m only trying to help him to see that he’s got to have undeniable proof that the government was behind any of this, and not just the gangsters who turned on him. When you say that John did not contact the police about the note, when the neighbors urged him to, it will make no sense, because 3 days before the murder, he was at a ceremony donating a load of handcuffs, stun guns, & other materials to the police department. And they will bring this up. Why would he donate dangerous stun guns to a police force that he doesn’t trust. That’s all. Now let’s come up with evidence that cannot be disputed or discounted in court that proves John was being threatened by the police. That is what we need to help him. Sorry for the long post.

  61. Steve Carroll Avatar
    Steve Carroll

    Just saw this London Financial Times article. Mr. McAfee sure does not sound like a paranoid madman in this article. Good reading too:
    http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/fcc5bdda-3f36-11e2-a095-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2EZTOFriO

  62. rumsrite Avatar
    rumsrite

    Wow that’s real compelling

  63. Connie Avatar
    Connie

    Nice refresher course. Glad you added the additional info and corrected the spelling! Ready for the next posts…

  64. rogue trader Avatar
    rogue trader

    John,
    I mentioned before, your evidence lies in tracing the stolen phone of the deceased. The telecom records will pin point the house next door and this can be reconciled to the new location. BANG! proves the phone went to different coordinates and the guy who pulled the triggerr. I would hire an external forensic team to do the work.

  65. getrealeh Avatar
    getrealeh

    I think the writing is on the wall. Guatemala will deport John to Belize and Belize will cancel his permanent residency status and deport him to the USA. He is a hot potato and an embarassment to Belize. They can use the charges of bribing an ex-cop and court clerk, the weapons charrges, the dope found in the donated police equipment and his non-co-operation with a homicide investigation as more than ample grounds for deportation.

  66. Gaby Avatar
    Gaby

    Thank you for the continung info. I understand now why you wish to start again at the beginning, If the skeptics do not believe why John needed protection, please read this article in the Belize Times. It will become more clear and you will wonder why everyone in belize does not arm themselves.
    http://www.belizetimes.bz/2012/11/30/belize-–-going-down-fast/

  67. steve Avatar
    steve

    Seems like this has been an ongoing shakedown by various and sundry characters at varying levels.Sounds as if the entire apple is rotten to the core.No use having a pow wow with the PM.He’s probably the MOST filthy!Wonder if any of them actually got anything out of him? Probably not;he’s just too smart.Good luck with your tourist industry,Belize, once all of this makes the mainstream media! It’s headed south…way south.

  68. DB Avatar
    DB

    Reposting the previous entries is brilliant, a fresh chronological progression, earlier ones too easily overlooked by folks new to the blog. The additional info is appreciated. Thanks Harold.

    I hope we have word on John soon, and that he is well.