Colon: Quickly and quietly becoming one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

"JB"

It is a story I like to touch on, even though there is no earthly reason for ex-Pats to be interested in anything near Colon. But in stories that you find that don’t reach the mainstream papers like “La Estrella” and “La Pensa”, you find the dark underbelly of what is still a third world country in many respects. “El Siglo” is widely considered the newspaper of the poor. And I found it unsurprising today that there are a plethora of alarming articles coming from that region. I have copy and pasted some for you to see for yourself. It is the Juarez of Latin America.    “JB”

 

http://elsiglo.com.pa/cronica-roja/ayer-mataron-colon-jugador-sele/24234140       Two Killed

http://elsiglo.com.pa/cronica-roja/podcast-historias-macabrastiro-hija-ventana-apartamento/24234160     Girl thrown out a window retrospective podcast.

http://elsiglo.com.pa/cronica-roja/decomisan-45-paquetes-droga-puerto-colon/24234162    45 packages of drugs seized.

 

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