A rapid police investigation in Belize’s Cayo District has ended with formal murder charges filed against two people, including a juvenile, following the fatal shooting of a local man at his home earlier this week.
On the evening of May 19, 2026, neighbors living in the small community of Unitedville called emergency services just after 9:00 p.m. to report multiple gunshots ringing out near the home of 45-year-old Allen Geovanni Gongora. Witnesses told responding officers they saw an unidentified male running from the property and jumping into a waiting black SUV, which immediately fled toward nearby Belmopan. That call launched an intensive manhunt led by local law enforcement, which ultimately detained seven people for questioning earlier this week: six adult men and one adult woman.
After two days of evidence gathering and witness interviews, authorities formally charged 27-year-old Jevon Ramclam and a 15-year-old male minor with murder on Thursday, May 21. In an official statement on the case, Assistant Superintendent of Police Stacy Smith confirmed that investigators have categorized the killing as drug-related, noting that Gongora’s residential property had long been identified by area residents as an illicit drug distribution and storage hub.
As of the latest official update, law enforcement has not released any details on the legal status of the five remaining detainees who were brought in for questioning. The investigation remains active as officers continue to piece together the full sequence of events leading up to the shooting.