Micah Baltazar’s Killer Convicted of Murder  

A rare murder conviction has just been handed down in Belize, and it’s making headlines. Today, twenty-two-year-old Cassian Steve Billary was found guilty of the 2020 murder of nineteen-year-old Micah Baltazar, a case that shocked the nation with its cold and calculated nature. Baltazar was lured to his death under the pretense of meeting a girl, only to be gunned down with seventeen bullets. Billary, who was just eighteen at the time, claimed he acted under duress, saying he was threatened with death if he didn’t pull the trigger. But Justice Candace Nanton wasn’t convinced. She ruled that the evidence, including a detailed police interview, proved intent, and that duress is not a legal defense for murder in Belize. Billary’s mother was visibly shaken outside the courtroom as the guilty verdict was delivered just before noon. He’s now awaiting sentencing, scheduled for July eleventh.