6 hours agoUS hands over Panama to former President Martinelli
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The former Panama president, Ricardo Martinelli (66), has been extradited today to Panama, where he was charged with legal wiretapping and embezzlement, the Panama Foreign Affairs Ministry reports. As it says, the US delivered it via the Miami-Panama line, broadcasts the AP. Martinelli was arrested last year in the US after Panama had requested his extradition for [...]
As it says, the US delivered it via the Miami-Panama line, broadcasts the AP.
Martinelli was arrested last year in the US after Panama had demanded his extradition due to allegations of misuse of public funds to spy on over 150 political opponents during his 2009-2014 mandate.
He was arrested in June 2017 near Miami, where he lived after leaving the country in 2015.
