The U.S. State Department released its 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, and Panama is evaluated as “the mouth of the funnel” for the South American drug trade into the United States, starting on page 493 of the 668 page document. According to the U.S. government, the presence of organized crime operating the trade in...
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Archive for March 1st, 2010
U.S. Department of State Classifies Panama as Drug Gateway
Attorney General Investigating Police Chief for Plan Kidnap
Attorney General-in charge, Guiseppe Bonissi, told La Estrella that the Public Ministry is investigating National Police Chief Gustavo Perez’s participation in the kidnapping of American civilians during the 1989 Just Cause invasion. “I gave instructions immediately after the news hit the media to begin an official investigation,” the attorney general said, proving the independence of...
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