In 2005, then U.S. Ambassador to Panama Linda Watt requested that the visa of Panamanian Supreme Court Justice, Winston Spadafora, be revoked because of corruption charges, reveals a wikileaked cable. The cable refers to a reliable source of the U.S. embassy who explained “that in virtually every case brought before the high court, Justices openly...
Within 24 hours, two women were killed by their ex-boyfriends in Panama’s San Miguelito district. Sunday night, Naikarina Banquez, age 21, was fatally stabbed in the heart by ex-boyfriend Jeremias Murillo Pinzon, age 36. She had left him two months earlier. They had a one-year-old child together, and Banquez had two other children, ages...
“This is a bandit dressed as a soccer player…it’s vulgar,” the announcer said after Panamanian striker Luis “Lucho” Moreno kicked a player from the opposing team. Moreno, who plays for Deportivo Perreira in Colombia, is probably now best known for inflicting fatal blows to an owl during a February 27 game. This time, he kicked Andres...
Two women were caught kissing in Panama’s historic Casco Viejo neighborhood over the weekend and arrested. The incident occurred as psychologist Valentina Hernandez took a Sunday stroll down 4th Street with her girlfriend. They kissed “as any couple might” Hernandez said, but an Institutional Protection Service official witnessed the act and told the kissing...
The singer known as “The Kid,” was shot dead in Calidonia where he was scheduled to perform at a sports league celebration on Sunday. Through its Twitter account, the National Police confirmed the death of Leonardo Renato Alvarado, better known as The Kid, and Darielis Tejada, age 18, who was caught in the crossfire....
