Excessive-profile Colorado developer assassinated at luxurious Belize dwelling: report

A high-profile actual property developer from Colorado was discovered fatally shot in Belize over the weekend, and police say it may have been the results of an expert hit job by a disgruntled enterprise affiliate, in line with native reviews. 

Boris Mannsfeld, 56, was discovered mendacity face down on the ground of his yard Friday evening with a bullet wound to the again of his head, native media outlet Breaking Information Belize (BNB) reported.

The lethal incident came about at The Villas at Cocoplum in Maya Seaside, a luxurious villa advanced Mannsfeld helped construct within the small Central American nation. In 2010, he arrange his personal improvement agency in Belize, Boris Mannsfeld and Associates, 4 years after he moved to the nation on a everlasting foundation along with his household.

Boris Mannsfeld, left, an actual property developer from Colorado, was discovered fatally shot on Friday in Belize. (LinkedIn, left, Getty Photographs / iStock, prime proper, eff Greenberg/Common Photographs Group through Getty Photographs, backside proper.)

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Police Commissioner Chester Williams instructed reporters that Mannsfeld’s loss of life has all of the hallmarks of a focused hit, whereas including that the precise motive stays unclear, BNB reported.

A loaded 9mm pistol, Mannsfeld’s pockets and a spent shell casing have been discovered close to his physique, police instructed the outlet.

“It has all indications of successful,” Williams stated.

“We’re trying on the enterprise transactions that Mr. Mannsfeld could have with different people, with our view to see if we will shut in on a doable motive and maybe suspect,” Williams stated. 

The police chief added that one suspect, Frik De Meyere, is presently in custody, though costs have been but to be filed as of Monday. 

De Meyere is a former worker of Mannsfeld’s and was beforehand questioned in relation to the homicide of businessman Ricardo Borja in 2023. Borja labored for Mansfield’s firm, as did Darren Taylor, who was killed in 2024.

Native Belizean fishermen have been out trying to find tiger sharks after they came upon the Greenland shark. (iStock)

“It won’t be improper for one to imagine that there could also be some connection there, and we’re that risk,” William stated.

Earlier than his loss of life, Borja claimed that De Meyere was behind a land fraud scheme and had scheduled a gathering with authorized counsel, an actual property company and the federal government’s particular crime unit to current proof towards de Meyere, native outlet Amandala reported on the time. However De Meyere was killed earlier than he may communicate out.

BNB additionally reviews that in a January electronic mail, Mannsfeld referenced a “huge fraud case” involving thousands and thousands in stolen property and famous his involvement in a $3.9 million lawsuit towards a former affiliate.

Williams acknowledged Mannsfeld’s homicide could possibly be linked to the deaths of his Borja and Darren Taylor.

Fox Information Digital reached out to police in Belize for additional data however didn’t obtain a response. 

Belize is positioned in Central America. It’s bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east and Guatemala to the west and south. (Google Maps)

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A profile of Mannsfeld on his firm’s web site particulars how he “fell in love” with the nation on his first journey there in 1992 after which made it his “barefoot paradise” in 2006. He spent 10 years within the U.S. working in actual property earlier than transferring to Belize, a former British colony bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east and Guatemala to the west and south.

He’s described as having fun with endurance mountain biking, highway biking, and snow snowboarding, amongst different actions. 

Mannsfeld’s enterprise sells condos, land plots and different properties in Belize. It additionally states Mannsfeld was additionally concerned in lodge initiatives, a concrete firm and a renewable vitality firm.

Information of Mannsfeld’s loss of life comes after three American ladies have been discovered useless from a doable overdose at a seaside resort in Belize from a doable overdose.