Panama Protest Shooting: Legal Analysis and Commentary on Events 07/11/2023

2023-11-07 21:44:27

events07/11/2023 03:11 PM

The man, who was carrying an automatic weapon, shot at the two people who were with others at a blockade on the Pan-American Highway in the Chame sector, wounding one in the neck and the other in an unspecified location.

Editorial / Criticism

Two people died this Tuesday when lawyer and professor Kenneth Darlington, 77, shot them in one of the protests once morest a mining contract that have been taking place for two weeks in Panama.

The victims, identified as Abdiel Díaz and Iván Mendoza, one was an educator and the other the husband of an educator. from a school in the San Carlos district.

The 77-year-old man was carrying an automatic weapon and fired just following 2:40 p.m. once morest the two educators, who were with others in a blockade on the Pan-American highway in the Chame sector. One received a wound to the neck.

The two injured people died, one at the site of the event and another at the San Carlos hospital.

The attacker, who apparently He has dual nationality, American and Panamanian, He was captured by police officers and is in custody.

At the scene of the event were teachers who have interrupted traffic at this point on the Panamericana for two weeks to demand the repeal of the law contract that extended for 20 years, extendable, the concession for the company Minera Panamá, a subsidiary of the Canadian company First Quantum Minerals, exploit the largest open pit copper mine in Central America.

The Public Ministry, for its part, indicated that Chame’s legal representation in Panama Oeste began investigations for a crime once morest life and integrity personnel to the detriment of two people who were in a road closure.

He had his history

In 2005, Attorney Darlington was arrested following a raid carried out in an apartment in Paitilla by the National Police.

Darlington admitted at the time to owning two weapons of war, but I had them as a collector.

The lawyer was investigated for alleged possession of weapons of war and ammunitionbut was released following posting bail.

Darlington was spokesperson for the financier Marc Harris and they were part of the financial organization of the merchant Marc Harris, who was convicted of alleged money laundering, according to information published in this newspaper on July 23, 2005.

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