Union calls for public inquiry into 7 deaths in Bocas conflict

The general secretary of the Contruction and Allied Workers Union (SUNTRACS), Genaro López, called on Wednesday for a public investigation of police brutality that caused the deaths ov seven workers during the conflict in Bocas del Toro.

The Public Ministry should investigate "police brutality" against banana workers. he said on RPC Radio.

According to the records of workers in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, where the riots occurred, seven people were killed and not two as claimed by the authorities, said Lopez.

Lopez criticized the government’s handling of the conflict, and called for the resignation or dismissal of Labor Minister Alma Cortez