Former mayor under house arrest

FORMER Panama City Mayor Bosco Vallarino is under house arrest following five hours of questioning in Calidonia on Tuesday, May 19.

He is being investigated after confessing to having accepted an envelope with $6,000 in it during a sting operation orchestrated by the previous government to force him from office. He thought the money was from a contractor seeking a bid for the construction of a parking garage.
A video of Vallarino accepting the money circulated on social media sites and local TV networks in February.