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I hope Belize and other such places learn their lesson from this about leaving important places unprotected. For instance, if someone can blow up Giant Crystal Cave of Mexico, just for the fun of it, someone will, eventually.

It's not as if there is a shortage of stupid people anywhere.

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Yes, and when local governments lack the power, desire and/or resources to protect heritage sites, can the larger world community step in, and how? Perhaps start by buying the land where such sites are located?

Sure, the private-property solution can work well, as can active governmental protection. In this case though, Belizean laws made the destruction easy. This monument was on private property, but the monument itself was under government "protection". The owner of the land had no incentive to protect it.

He would have had an incentive if letting it be damaged recklessly meant he'd go straight to jail...

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