Crime

Minister of Public Security warns it’s not always the BIG drug seizures that damage PANAMA.

Ábrego explained that gangs and criminal groups have changed their methods https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/ministro-abrego-alerta-sobre-el-incremento-del-microtrafico-en-el-pais-BY8247452# On Tuesday, August 13, the Minister of Public Security, Frank Ábrego, warned the country about the devastating impact of micro-trafficking on Panamanian society. Ábrego described this illegality as one of the “main scourges affecting humanity” today. According to …

Crime

Search of prisons reveal worlds worst kept secret—“Panama jails are anything but safe”

EX-PATS-  Don’t get arrested here. Period!!!  ( unless your from MINNESOTA =-)   =-)  ) More than 500 units of the National Police participated in each of these searches. https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/panama/decomisan-armas-de-fuego-drones-y-mas-de-27-mil-dolares-en-centros-penitenciarios-AK7628406?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc In the current administration of the President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, the public security forces, in more than 250 …

Drugs

Panama not immune to the insurmountable wave of Fentanyl and Opioid crisis.

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/opinion/columnistas/del-narcotrafico-al-fentanilo-y-opioides-sinteticos-KL7085936 We are entering the era of fentanyl and synthetic opioids, a more violent and uncontrollable market, but a generator of much illicit capital for global drug lords. Seeing how today the North American economic, political and military forces themselves combat drug trafficking organizations, in territories where drugs are produced, …

Crime

“Escobar” like volume of narcotics seized in 1st Quarter of 2024.

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/decomiso-de-drogas-supera-las-315-toneladas-en-los-tres-primeros-meses-del-2024-ED6720644 So far in the current administration of the President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, 573.4 tons of drugs have been seized, surpassing the last two administrations. So far this year, public security forces have seized more than 31.5 tons of drugs throughout the national territory in more than …

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MINSA approves (7) legal licenses to produce cannabis derivatives.

“JB” This is actually to me “huge” news. PANAMA has been 10 steps behind on Medical and Legal Marijuana production it is a joke. Marijuana and Production of THC derivatives could be a HUGE economic BOON to the agricultural GDP export of PANAMA. PANAMA is still rooted in Judeo-Catholic beliefs …

Colón

EX-PAT ALERT: Drug raids and violence continue to make Colon a constant danger.

The Superior Prosecutor Specialized in Crimes of Illicit Association, Sofía Carreño, detailed on the morning of this Monday, July 31, that the “Jalisco” operation was designed to dismantle the gang known as “G4” or “Real Gánster For Life (RGFL)”, in the sector of Nuevo México, Sabanitas, province of Colón. Carreño …

Drugs

Meanwhile, in the other part of PANAMA. The shit still comes hard at less advantaged.

Authorities seized 1,632 drug packages throughout the country During the last 72 hours, the Security forces apprehended 630 people and seized 1,632 drug packages throughout the country.  Operation Beta  was developed at a national level; among the apprehensions: 325 were for trades, 209 for administrative offenses, 55 for flagrante delicto, 33 for …

Drugs

Stolen deadly drug Fentanyl hits the streets of Panama

More than 10,000 units of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid similar to morphine but with the difference that it is up to 100 times more powerful, were lost from the deposits of the Social Security Fund (CSS).The drug that is prescribed for patients with severe or chronic pain and for end-of-life …

Crime

EX-PAT ALERT: Colon remains most dangerous area of the Republic

And more than 530 search procedures carried out during the months of January and February The National Police has already captured 33 people for crimes against life in the province of Colón. Of these, 21 were for homicide and 12 for attempted homicide, in more than 530 search procedures carried …

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Change the name, doesn’t change the game!! Watch your back at Red Frog. Are you safe???

Well I was debating and debating with myself whether I would ever write about the Bocas del Toro debacle that is Red Frog Beach.   After spending the last 8 days in Bocas del Toro I’ve made some promises and can’t hold back any longer.   The promise I made myself and …

Colón

AGAIN!!!! Now school shootings. WAKE UP Nito and Carrizo!!! Colon is a WAR ZONE.

https://elsiglo-com-pa.translate.goog/panama/inician-clases-enel-rufo-garay-colon-directora/24210233?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_sch=http In full school activity, a student was murdered and two more were injured. This month alone, 12 homicides have been registered in Colón After a week of being closed, the Rufo A. Garay de Colón Institute cautiously opens its doors. Just five days ago, hooded subjects entered the Institute’s facilities and …

Crime

With every seizure comes new issues of how to dispose environmentally consciously.

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/internacional/america/220827/panama-enviara-ee-uu-droga?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc In the absence of an incinerator for burning drugs, Panama will send the United States 41.28 tons of accumulated drugs, product of seizures made by the Public Force in recent months. The measure of sending the drug to the United States is to avoid damage to the environment caused …