The official Belize Government Website has been down for nearly 24 hours. In addition, the comment form on the Belize Tourism Association Website just went down. One of two things has happened:
1. The millions of readers of this blog really did do what I asked and the volume of traffic has overwhelmed their system
.- or –
2. The Government has purposely shut their systems down to prevent the rank and file employees from knowing what is happening. No news whatsoever about the existence of this blog has appeared in any Belizean Newspaper or Television program. Belizeans do not know it exists.
If it is the first: Thank you all, but my friends are still in prison so don’t stop. If it is the second, then it is further proof of the “Sad Democracy” in which I am living.
Postscript Edit:
I have just learned from a source within the Government that there may have been some sort of cyber-attack on the Government servers. I do not know the reliability of this information because I have not heard from my backup sources.
I know that members of the hacktivist group Anonymous have been posting here. I recognize your writing styles. You are welcome here. You are a powerful collective, more powerful than most realize, and I sympathise with your spirit. However, if you are responsible, then this is not the time. I need the Government to be able to read the displeasure of the world. Deaf ears can hear nothing. You would better serve the cause against censorship by writing emails voicing your displeasure for the time being. If I am arrested, or am killed in a “robbery attempt” or if the governemnt arranges for me to accidently hang myself in jail, then please have at it. Do your worst. For now, bear with me. If you are not responsible, I apologize for my presumptiveness.
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Three of my friends are still being held in prison on trumped up charges. They are:
Eddie Ancona:
Cassian Chavarria:
William Mulligan:
They were charged and have been imprisoned because three legally licensed firearms were found in the incorrect rooms on my property (stretching the law to the extreme). I would ask you to please email the following and demand their release:
96 responses to “Belize Goverment Website Down”
hey so you set a hit on my head after all i did for you but don’t worry i am looking out for them the same way they are looking for me i have talk to several high ranking official an i’m looking to become crown witness against you due to the fact that your trying to get rid of me so we can still be friends if you like an i can discontinue what i’m planning to do for the information i will provide them with will have you as belize most wanted in murder an conspiracy to commit murder an kidnapping an the gun is on your premisses in san pedro i can provide them with the location an lot more i don’t mind spend a few years in jail with my deal i might get from them i thought you were smart but look like i was always smarter an one step ahead an i have lots of evidence an people to back it up i’ll give you 48 hours to get back to me i don’t play games an i don’t start war i can’t win..
Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though you relied on the video to make your point. You obviously know what youre talking about, why waste your intelligence on just posting videos to your weblog when you could be giving us something informative to read?
Why not lawyer up and head to the embassy if you’re innocent? Also, proper sleep versus drug use will do wonders for your mental state.
Lawyer up and head to the embassy. Stop using drugs and get some sleep to rid yourself of the paranoia.
What John is failing to tell everyone is that two of “licensed guns” found in his beach home were 12 gauge shot guns each of which were licensed to Eddy Ancona and Alberto Chacon. According to a San Pedro police source, the process of obtaining the license is “being viewed as suspicious,” since the licenses were obtained through the Punta Gorda Police Station (far south Belize) headed by Inspector of Police Ernel Dominguez. Mr. Dominguez has a reputation (even in San Pedro) for accepting “Documentation” to get get things done. And, John has admitted his willing participation in Documentation.
“According to a new amendment to Belizean gun laws, anyone charged with illegal possession of firearms or ammunition is not eligible for bail and must be incarcerated until the sentencing.” circa 2009
For those that may be interested…
http://www.belize.gov.bz was tango down for over 24 hours as a result of a saturated internet connection. Whether or not it was a Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS) is questionable considering such an attack really wasn’t necessarily to bring the system to its knees. The server was connected a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)( 200.32.235.21) in the government office and has been this way since 2009. Any single computer with a high-speed internet connection and proper software could have saturated this server with page requests and overloaded the DSL connection. Or it could have simply been a few thousand people trying to connect at the same time. With the world coverage of this story it’s not unreasonable that the demand ultimately exceeded the capacity. Whoismcafee.com knows all too well of this scenario. However it happened, their DSL connection was saturated for over 24 hours preventing all other access. The IT staff has since co-located the server directly in BTLs offices allowing for more bandwidth and changed the DNS records to reflect the new IP address… 190.197.87.105
Although the mail server and web server were on different IP addresses, 200.32.235.21 and 200.32.246.122 respectively, they each had their own DSL connection, the web-server is running Windows/IIS6 , and the mail server is on a hardware based Kerio Connect 7.4.3, Therefore it’s not possible for the email traffic to effect the web-site in any manner.
The Belize government just got a taste of the power of the internet.
Release these 3 men you are holding on bogus charges. Its clear their being held as a part of a corrupt governments way of training to catch a man who is innocent to begin with.. i know i will personally never go to Belize after hearing this crap.
[email protected] still down for me in georgia,usa 🙂
belize 7news site looks like if it was hacked in some related pages
Gene (Kaspersky) has asked us to ask you to change your Login name. Pick another please.
Looking for the email address on their website perhaps?
It’s down for me in UK.
John,
I will share that over the air – and with our school. We are located on the mainland in Boston Village.
I have hired a lawyer for Mr. Chacon.
I also read about your blog – on Channel 7. We are praying for you daily on our radio station and with our school students.
Question – what about Alberto Chacon? He is related to one of our staff. Is he still being held – and are you attempting to get him released?
Concerned American – BZ permanent resident
Mr. McCafee I am a Belizean. I just want you to know, some of us know about this blog and have commented, mostly in your defense. I found out about this, biog on channel five from someone who postted some comments regarding your situation. I do believe they, the media is purposely not writing any articles,about it because they do not want most Belizeans to find out it even exist. But I can tell you of all the comments I have read from fellow Belizeans, only one person posted negative comments. Be assured that most Belizeans are in support of you because we believe you are innocent and,we know how corrupt some in government positions,are. I am keeping you in prayer and hoping you stay safe and can return to Belize and live in peace one,day soon. Take care.
When you post it says your IP address has been logged. WTF?
Still misspelled….Government
The website was down for me all night. It came up just now, 1900 hours pacific time. It’s not a very fancy site. Looks kinda basic and amateurish 🙂
Great. Just great. You don’t know and no response from Chad. I would like to know (and before I tried to post) that the procedure had changed. It wasn’t like that earlier so somethings changed. Would someone please investigate it? Holy crap parnoia…
Plus Government is misspelled in your heading about the site being shutdown.
Who is Whitey?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Bulger
oh no, does that mean “they ” know who I am and where I live too? it says your ip address has been recorded… opps
the website is back up and this is the email to contact them direct.
[email protected]
If your being the Only One blocked Jon and your friends Thats NSA and they Know where you are.
So , I just looked up the word troll:
Trolling is a game about identity deception, albeit one that is played without the consent of most of the players. The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group’s common interests and concerns; the newsgroups members, if they are cognizant of trolls and other identity deceptions, attempt to both distinguish real from trolling postings, and upon judging a poster a troll, make the offending poster leave the group. Their success at the former depends on how well they – and the troll – understand identity cues; their success at the latter depends on whether the troll’s enjoyment is sufficiently diminished or outweighed by the costs imposed by the group. Trolls can be costly in several ways. A troll can disrupt the discussion on a newsgroup, disseminate bad advice, and damage the feeling of trust in the newsgroup community. Furthermore, in a group that has become sensitized to trolling – where the rate of deception is high – many honestly naïve questions may be quickly rejected as trollings. This can be quite off-putting to the new user who upon venturing a first posting is immediately bombarded with angry accusations. Even if the accusation is unfounded, being branded a troll is quite damaging to one’s online reputation.[19]
so if I understand this correctly, “Who is John McAffe” is/was an admitted “troll” on Bluelight
and I am the “naive new user” / who’s online reputation is damaged forever more? who knew? I was just asking if is it safe to visit and live in Belize? oh well
I have dual citizenship. The British press has been reporting on me as “one of theirs”.
I don’t mean too sound naive, but just wondering , If your friend/body guard ,William Mulligan and yourself are Brits , is the British Embassy an option . I commented in an earlier post that you have said to be born in the UK , therefore a Brit…..I hope , I would like to think that could be an option for me someday if I ever get my knickers in a twist , not quite as twisted up as you have become …still wishing you all the best and glad to see the government has “dropped their interest, as you being a murder suspect” .
Glad you could get a laugh out of it! Hope things are going better for you and Samantha!
You dont want to do a Whitey Bulger
Priceless! this would make a great article
I can barely breathe from laughing and tears are streaming down my face. I read it to Samantha, who, after explaining Third Wirld, etc. Is still rolling aroiund and laughing. Please…. May I post this as an independent post? Lost here in the comments few will read it. At the top, as a post, everyone can chuckle.
ohh, scary, they know who I am, and probably where I live …I best shut up for now .
and have they identified “Skinny Pimp”?
I think I would like to meet him or her, we seem to have alot in common.
The Belize Local Channel 7…or at least an internet record of such states around May that several individuals were arrested trying to bribe officials on your behalf.
The part about Darius Martinez is interesting: “The GSU alleges that MARTINEZ called a member of the GSU on Friday saying that that he was assisting INTERPOL and 922 TIPS with an investigation on McAfee and was interested in information contained in a diary found during the search at of McAfee’s residence in Orange Walk. ”
What is the context and importance of said diary?
Thanks
John,
Thrilling ride thus far!
At the risk of antagonizing the mainstream media at this time, couldyou expand on your second post where you said, “When I come back I will talk a little more about the press – specifically Joel Johnson who claims he absconded with my “private diary” from a “private website” and published it on Gizmodo”
You never followed up on this as I can see. Where did Joel get the essay? Or who leaked it to him?
Thanks
I think you’ve been hacked.
Ok, you really have me curious now.
I am Skinny , but I am not “Skinny Pimp”… so either Bewitched is a schizoid, or I have a skinny pimp Twin,.. who writes in the same “strange” style as I.
I would like to know who Skinny Pimp is and why the nurse thinks we are one and the same, ( but I don’t know how) besides, this is wasted space for more important things.
Its not about Me, or Skinny Pimp, its all about “Who IS John McAfee and ..is information being diverted ? ( if not relevant …I am sure your moderator will not post this, which is Ok by me… you have my full permission to delete, I’ll get the hint and take a rest myself, maybe a nice warm bath with my new “bath salts” , (thats a joke by the way ….I couldn’t resist )
I just checked and it still says you’ve been banned. Someone responded postively to the ban. Then someone from this board copied and pasted your post and asked them what was up. Hope this helps.
John,
Looks like Katie Valk has removed some of her judgmental comments about you from the AC message board. (She was the volunteer warden for the U.S. embassy here in Belize that called you a sociopath, pervert, coward, etc.) I bet she didn’t like seeing her name posted in my earlier comments here lol.
John-thought you could use a good laugh…I am a high school teacher, every Wednesday we spend 10 minutes discussing a topic (ethics, bullying, etc…) Today I decided to use the situation you are currently in as a topic to get them thinking and writing. I told them to imagine that you lived in a beautiful 3rd world country but there is a lot of corruption in this country. I then told them to imagine the people running the country do not like you and want you gone. A murder occurs and you are the one being blamed. Money is not really an issue and you have no family living with you…what would you do? How would you do it? Explain…
Most of my kids do not read newspapers but one smart kid does and he said “this sounds like what is going on with that computer guy, umm…what is his name?”. Another student yelled out “Bill Gates?” Then another student said “No he died”. At this point I informed that Bill Gates is alive, Steve Jobs is the one that passed away. Then the smart kid said “No, he is the virus guy ummm…” then another student said “what kind of virus does he have?”. Finally the smart kid got up, went to my computer and yelled “McAfee”. After we clarified the question, I give them 10 minutes to write a 4-5 paragraph paper telling me what they would do. I have never laughed so hard at their replies and thought you would enjoy some high school humor! One student said they would take a boat to a 4th world country! Yes, a 4th world country!!!! One said they would get a boat and travel the world in disguise. Several kids said they would go tell the police they didn’t murder anyone and then sell everything and move. Yes, they believe you can just tell the police you didn’t do it and they would say ‘okay’!!! The smarty kid (who read about your situation and brought your name into the mix) wrote about what you are doing but added at the end they would name the country after him when the corruption was exposed and all of the people in authority were gone. Yes, you could have country named McAfee! There are more but I am still laughing! Yes, these kids are our future…God help us! I might be going on the run soon. Hope you got a chuckle out of this!
Here’s what the goofballs had to say about you and Skinny
“My friend the psych nurse who does profiling for the cops said those two posters were the same person, were trying to conceal their identities as evidenced by the inconsistent prose, punctuation and so on.
Admin also figured out who that was.You can too.”
Silly lil nuts.
sock puppet stopper
It’s an SPS…
Both of the sites, Government & Tourism loaded for me here in the US mideast, albeit slowly. John, I hope you do not mind that I respond to Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.
BBB – there was a post from ADMIN, whoever that would be, that stated “BewitchedbyBeliz has been banned; he or she only came on the board with strange stories about Belize and only posted in threads related to John McAfee (search the recent posts). We think he is a troll. So is skinny pimp – banned. FYI, Admin”
Then another forum member posted: “My friend the psych nurse who does profiling for the cops said those two posters were the same person, were trying to conceal their identities as evidenced by the inconsistent prose, punctuation and so on. Admin also figured out who that was.You can too.”
As I stated previously on another post, those folks have a vested interest, their personal real estate or business, and want nothing to rock their world, even if it would mean improvement for not only the Belizeans, but for the ex-pats as well.
John, I wish you and the lovely Sam a very good evening, well, the best that you can have under the circumstances.
Thank you for you clarification, you are right, not with bothering about, it has little importance… but just wondered if it had any connection to the possible information “Shut down” as referenced in this Post .
Oh and by the way, I am Skinny, but not a Pimp… I am often Bewitched, but am not One and the Same, … nor am I a troll, or even really knows what that term means. ( I’ll look it up) . Thank you for your time responding.
I have to do it every time I post now. I think it’s a spam blocker. Or the CIA capturing all of our locations. Nothing to worry about.
I have had the same experience all day. Thought it was some kind of added security measure…we are in McAfee country lol. (Still raining like a mutherf***cker in SP today. Can’t even walk to the bar goddamnit!)
That’s ok. I registered 4x using different usernames & email addresses, & it always accepted each one, but I was never sent the confirmation email required to validate the account. I just got tired of trying.
Hmmm, make that 1,000x!
No idea.
Why was I asked to enter a code right after I submitted my last comment? It said something about “Debug” & then I had to fill in the letters. Is that to stop spam?
Oh…
no ,kind sir, I was not referring a ban from the “Who is John McAfee” blog,
I was referring to my permanent ban on the Amberquis Caye Forum, in Belize.. Marty the moderator at the forum, said “he did not do it and did not know who had.” just wondering if it could be connected to the apparent information “shut down” referred to in your last Post.
Now ,get some much needed rest….and we will try again later ,if you like ..and if this is at all relevant to the Story at hand.
Yeah, and if you win it, John, I expect you to buy everything I ever list on eBay at 100x its value!! Fair?
Bewitched is referring to the McAfee thread on the Ambergris Caye message board. Yes. Admin on that site has banned two posters. These were “SkinnyPimp” and “Bewitched”. The reason given by admin was that they claimed to have the ability (lol) to determine that these two posters were the same person and were behaving as a “troll”. There is one post by Bewitched still posted. I would not bother to be offended by this banning. The message board is run by worthless old farts who get their jollies off of such ruthless displays of power lol. (Most of the people who participate in those discussions are equally worthless and only participate due to their boredom or as a way to avoid conversation with their rapidly aging spouses.)
Sorry John, my last comment got garbled by this less than stellar comment system: John, I tried messaging you on twitter, not sure if you saw it. But if you google “william mulligan mcafee” the first result is an article on the Ambergis Today website. It has a much better picture of Mr.Mulligan. I suggest you use this picture, it is much better, even if you have to edit out the rest of the picture. Here is the link: http://www.ambergristoday.com/content/stories/2012/november/14/john-mcafee%E2%80%99s-bodyguard-charged-kept-firearm-and-ammunition
John, I tried messaging you on twitter, not sure if you saw it. But if you google “william mulligan mcafee” the first result is an article on the Ambergis Today website. It has a much better picture of Mr.Mulligan. I suggest you use this picture, it is much better, even if youhttp://www.ambergristoday.com/content/stories/2012/november/14/john-mcafee%E2%80%99s-bodyguard-charged-kept-firearm-and-ammunition edit out the rest of it. Here is the link:
Mr. McAfee, Just to let you know I put you in the lottery pool at work for the $550 million powerball lottery drawing tonight 11-29-12 at 11pm est.
No-one was banned. I took a break for a while and no-one’s comments were approved til now.Everyone be patient with me. I need sleep sometimes.
excuse me, Im just wondering? if you see any post by Bewitched on the mcAfee thread. I have been banned and therefor I can not access the site. No biggie, but now I am curious as to Why? I was banned… and by whom?
Even if he says “yes”, what does that mean!? Nothing! I would be willing to assume you haven’t read much of this blog… The police and government in Belize are obviously corrupt. Whatever they say to you or anyone else means nothing. They will do whatever they please.
When you take time to read the rest of the blog, you will understand what prison and the government are like in Belize and how you can be held indefinitely without trial. I wouldn’t trust anything they say. I think John is doing just fine without them.
Not as a group – individul person writing styles.
cu in punta gordo!! la paz este con usted
I just sent this to Barrow’s twitter account: @BarrowDean Hello Mr. Barrow. Could you publicly and officially guarantee the safety of John Mcafee if he presents himself for questioning?
Polite and to the point. Let’s see if he replies. Considering only 74 people follow him and he only follows 6 it’s not like he’s too busy to read it…
Up and down and when up v.slow, looks like a DDoS to me.
Seems to work from my San Pedro location. Maybe it’s fixed? Goddamn rainy down here lol.
I dont know if this is related or not, but I have just been permanently banned from the Amberquis Caye Forum. The moderator , Marty, sent me a personal email saying that he did not do it, and he didn’t know who had, and that I was reinstated, but when I tried to log on just now, I get the same rude message that I am permanently banned with no explanation.
I saw on a google search/ mcAfee/ Amberquis forum, there is a comment that my user name has been banned because of “strange” posts and interest in the “John Mc Afee Wanted for questioning ” thread.I can not access the site but would be curious if any comments are being made , or if my email inquiry to Marty regarding the ban , was posted at my request . Is there anyone else out there who are on the Amberquis forum that would be interested in checking ? or should we just accept that this forum is not interested in any comments that would negatively affect Tourism and Real Estate in Belize ? I get it , its understandable, not the true intent of the forum. But if they are blocking comments , inquires as instructed by those higher up? then that is a different story , isn’t it? (I repeat, the moderator, Marty, says he did not ban me and did not know who had) I can assure you my posts were polite, respectful, sincere, and appropriate to the conversation on the blog . mmm? another mystery to solve? it keeps on comin’ doesn’t it?
http://www.belize.gov.bz/ working Down Under.
Hi John:
Sorry to see you going through this but it sure is interesting from my comfortable surrounding in the state where you cancelled your house purchase! I’m an old McAfee agent, the second after JCS, recruited by JB. Didn’t know about the plane accident till I read this here. Sorry about that too. I wish you good luck in resolving your situation. Will do my part in bringing attention to the e-mails and web posted here. Hope your friends also get out of jail. It’s a shame on Belize.
Best regards, NH
Hi John,
The Belize govt site is down for me in the southeastern us. Please keep up the good fight and continue to blog. I am gladly awaiting more of the narrative that has lead to this. I believe in your innocence and have communicated such, as well as my dismay about the state of affairs to the belizean addresses you suggest.
I enjoyed hearing you on the Rogan podcast as well. Your polite manner is unsurpassed by most, all while under duress.
Best wishes,
Jason
It is working for me in Western Canada. Was down yesterday.
John:
I just wanted to say that I’m an old McAfee agent, the second after JCS but was based in NYC. Still doing but not there now. In the state where you cancelled your house purchase. Your BIL, JB recruited me in 1990. Didn’t know about the plane accident, sorry. In touch with AG, your old (younger) support guy who I still keep in touch with. Sorry using abbreviations but you will get them. Good luck with your situation!
Best regards, NH
P.S. This is my new incarnation!
A ddos is not always as it seems. Precursors, precursors, precursors. Be well, John.
I’ve checked every time I see a post about it & I’m in the good old U.S. of A. No problems all day. Well, I was taking photographs for 8 hours straight, but aside from that.
It just came up here for me.
Colorado, USA.
Joe rogan sent me!!
Fight the power John Mcafee!
Down for me in Wisconsin.
The Webpage is live and running. Greetz from Germany
Hi John,
Can you expand on ” I recognize your writing styles.”? What style of writing makes you think of the Anonymous group?
Thanks,
Kevin
It’s working from the UK too, as is the site for the Belize Tourist Board
How would emailing folks take down a web server? Not even the same servers.
mmmh anonymous … blurp … since they support terrorism I can’t support them anymore.
it’s up, for me, in ireland … though, very slow …
Site works here in Michigan, though it loads painfully slow, sheesh. Thinking it may either just be back online or a problem on your end?
This clearly indicates that they are pretty close now. I bet it is related to the information shown on the front page of belize.gov.bz regarding John McAfee, that they want all of us to know except him (and his cohorts).
Checking http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=1908&ctNode=537&mp=2589
Belize Tourism Board
http://www.belizetourism.org
http://travelbelize.org/
Belize Tourism Industry Assosciation
http://www.btia.org
Everything is working fine from here (Europe)
Belize site is working from Toronto Canada
Enough to bring our old server to its knees permanently last week. Haven’t chhecked recently but we had 9 million page views the first week. We have gone way up since then. Chad — can you get stats and email them to me? Thanks.
You mean this site? http://www.belize.gov.bz/ it is working for me too.
Still down for me and for my cohorts in Canada.
http://www.belize.gov.bz/ is up right now
# 2
Mr. McAfee –
How much traffic would you estimate your blog is getting?
Thanks,
Andrew
Justice Free the John Mcafee 3 ! Boycot Belize NOW