‘Colonial legacy’ of British army lives on in Belize
Soldiers are free to rehearse jungle warfare in the Central American country's rainforests, one of the world’s most biodiverse areas
A British Royal Marine in the Belizean jungle
THE British army is using one of the world’s most biodiverse countries as a military training ground and paying nothing for it, it was revealed yesterday.
An audit by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), unearthed by Declassified UK, shows that soldiers are free to rehearse jungle warfare across a sixth of Belize, including in protected forests.
The Central American country, roughly the size of Wales, is home to critically endangered species and ancient Mayan ruins. Shockingly, the British army does not pay a penny to the former colony for use of the land.
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