Israeli intelligence agents guarding Martinelli

Israel’ exports to Latin America now include intelligence operators and security guards and Panama has the biggest contingent according to Panama America.
President Ricardo Martinelli is now surrounded by members of the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency, say police sources.
Among the 16 Israeli personnel operating in Panama are psychiatrists, psychologists, polygraph specialists and security guards. They  are training the Institutional Protection Service (SPI), which forms a kind of Praetorian guard for the president
The presence of Israeli agents comes after an alleged plot to kidnap Martinelli. Three suspects are being held including a Puerto Rican, an agent of the SPI and his brother.
The Mossad-Central Institute for Operations and Special Strategies, is one of Israel’s intelligence agencies responsible for data collection, covert action, espionage and counterterrorism.