In an operative known as “Daddy’s Baby,” the police decommissioned 1,400 kilos of cocaine along Panama’s western Pacific coast. The drugs were found in a high-speed boat restocking on Leones Island in the Gulf of Montijo, along with three Colombian nationals attempting to evade apprehension. They were identified as Alfonso Mosquera, age 42; Ezequiel...
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The three avenues, 15 streets and related sidewalks of Casco Antiguo, also known as Casco Viejo and San Felipe, have fallen into disrepair. David Cadavid, Director of the Office of Casco Antiguo, told La Prensa that rehabilitation of the neighborhood’s streets and sidewalks requires $15 million, and the investment should be made in a...
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The month of May and rainy season are right around the corner, and garbage continues to pile up in Panama streets. In less than a month, it is fly proliferation season, explained General Secretary of the Health Ministry Felix Bonilla, and the accumulation of trash increases the presence and transmission of illnesses. Flies are...
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Frenchwoman Michèle Lampe, age 53, was found dead on Tuesday, strangled in the Second Street room she was renting in Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro. La Critica reports that the foreigner’s “concubine,” otherwise known as Eddie, was investigated for the murder but then released. Hours later, 27-year-old Roberto Alexis Taylor Urriola, who has been...
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Monday night three hooded delinquents assaulted a mini-supermarket in Pocri of Aguadulce. They stole $100 in cash and $500 in pre-paid cellular phone cards. With the help of a local taxi driver, the police chased down a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old, La Critica Reports. Incidentally, three hooded assailants attacked Justo Vergara, age 74, and...
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