La Critica reports that a foreigner sparked a fire that burnt five farmer huts to the ground Monday night in Colon, in La Union de Pina in the Chagres District. The huts contained bags of recently cultivated rice. Firefighters were called and the authorities will be investigating. As to why this happened, there is...
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Archive for November 17th, 2009
Foreigner Sets Farmer Huts on Fire
Bagdad Gang Suspected of Dismemberment
Although found in four pieces, the body of Jean Carlos Escobar, 19, was identified by family members yesterday thanks to a Jean Carlos tattoo on one of the dismembered forearms. Escobar, a long-time resident of 25th street in Chorillo was found in pieces on Ancon Avenue in Santa Ana. It is suspected that the “Bagdad”...
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Unstable Trees Cut Down Around City
Municipal workers could be heard and seen cutting down trees around the city today in reaction to a young doctor’s death by tree last week. Dr. David Robles, whose last name tragically translates as Oaks, lost his life when a large Corotu tree crushed his Toyota Prado with him inside, outside the Children’s Hospital...
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