U.S. Citizen Murdered in Boquete

David Bianche, A 62-year-old U.S. citizen, was beaten to death with a large lamp Tuesday night in his Trancas de Boquete home.

Authorities set up checkpoints and captured two subjects traveling in a Ford.  They suspect that the motive was robbery but did not discard the possibility that the murder was drug related.

There were 284 marijuana plants potted in the home of the victim, said David Ramos Villa, a Chiriqui Police sub commissioner.