Killing of Cenida Ramos

At circa 1:30 am CT on 12 January 2014, two unknown male suspects on bicycles allegedly stabbed and killed Cenida Ramos, an 18 year old transgender woman, on Elston Kerr Street in Southside, Belize City, Belize. Police, investigating the crime as a murder, claimed the motive was armed robbery, but family and LGBTQ rights organisations disputed this, alleging it had been a hate crime. Ramos is thought to be first openly transgender individual murdered in Belize. As of 2023, the case remained unsolved.