The Panamanian government announced the creation of a special commission to investigate what happened in Bocas del Toro between July 5 and 13. The independent commission will analyze the events and excesses that led to death, injury and arrest when banana workers clashed with the police during the violent protests. Members include Ruben Castillo,...
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Archive for July 21st, 2010
Government Reveals Bocas Riot Investigators
Police Chase Drug Boat into House
In the largest drug bust so far this year, authorities decommissioned 2,447 kilos of cocaine after an intense chase yesterday morning in Colon. Panama’s National Aeronaval Service pursued a 44-foot speedboat from the Santa Isabel-Isla Grande area until it flipped out of the water and onto a house in Puerto Pilon. No one was...
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Panama and Costa Rica Recycle Agrochemical Containers Together
Costa Rica and Panama joined forces to set up a collection center for empty chemical containers used on the field crops in the border area between the two countries. Jorge Esquivel Ferrero, who manages the Clean Our Fields Foundation program, said this is the fifth collection center in Costa Rica, set up to address...
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Wild Bill Murders in Bocas
Authorities are searching for William “Wild Bill” Adolfo Cortez and his wife who are being investigated for three murders in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Yesterday, the Panama Guide reported the body of Cher Hughes was found in the Cortez’s back yard in the area of Cauchero. Friends of Cher’s told the Panama Digest that...
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