Corozal police continue to round up suspects for the murder of Constable Morris Martinez. This past Saturday they picked up 55 year old Ceasaio Balam who was slapped with charges of murder, kidnapping, rape, robbery, threat of death, and taking a motor vehicle without authority.
Balam joins 33-year-old Elio Lopez, 29-year-old Apolonio Cervera and 26-year-old Edmund Crawford Sanker Jr. who were charged last week for robbery. Police expect to upgrade the charges against the trio shortly.
Police are also gathering evidence in the hunt to find the constable's killers. On Saturday that led them to Pueblo Nuevo Road where they found an m16 rifle with 67 live rounds of ammunition and a 12 gauge sawed off shotgun along with 6 cartridges. Along with the guns, police also found a black bag containing military fatigues. No arrests were made specifically for the discovery but cops believe it's all related to the same ring of bandits who robbed and then killed constable Martinez. The constable was buried at the Corozal cemetery on Thursday and a memorial mass is being planned.
