More than five months after 31-year-old Arnaldo Andres Vellos was gunned down near his Corozal Town residence, law enforcement officials have secured murder charges against two local men in connection with the high-profile killing. According to official police updates, 20-year-old Brandon Alexander Sanker and 23-year-old Kevon Wayne Armstrong made their first formal court appearance on Tuesday, where both entered pleas to a joint charge of murder. The case carries an additional count for Sanker, who also faces an allegation of attempted murder linked to the same October 2025 shooting incident.
The fatal shooting unfolded on Halloween 2025 in the Finca Solana neighborhood of Corozal Town. First responders were dispatched to the area after receiving multiple emergency calls reporting gunfire, arriving on scene to find Vellos with multiple gunshot wounds just steps from his home. Emergency medical crews immediately transported the victim to a local medical facility, but he succumbed to his injuries shortly after admission.
In the immediate aftermath of the killing, Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero, who leads the country’s National Crime Investigation Branch, publicly confirmed that investigators were working on the theory that the shooting was tied to illegal drug activity. Law enforcement officials have consistently characterized the attack as a pre-planned, targeted killing, and have noted that both accused suspects were already known to authorities prior to their arrest in the murder case.
The arrest of Sanker marks his second run-in with the law this week. Separately from the murder prosecution, he is also facing charges for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition in an unrelated incident. That case also names two minor defendants who were arrested alongside Sanker in connection with the weapons offense.
As of the latest update, no further details about potential motive or upcoming court hearings have been released to the public, and the investigation remains active as police continue to piece together the full sequence of events leading up to Vellos’s death.