Ex-governor shot to death in Cocle

THE FORMER governor of the province of Cocle, Dario Fernandez, 62, was shot to death Sunday evening  when  he arrived at his residence with his son.

According to early reports, the politician was shot for no apparent motive,  by  an unknown  assailant around 8:00 pm.. The authorities, who rushed to the crime scene are invetigating.

Fernandez, who was provincial leader of the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), governed the province during the administrations of former presidents Ernesto Perez Balladares and Martin Torrijos. He also worked as a teacher and journalist.