Woman linked to jailed judge in detention

THE SHADOW of jailed former Supreme Court Judge, Alejandro Moncada Luna has fallen on some of his former associates, and on Wednesday June 24, Special Organized Crime Prosecutor Nathaniel Murgas, ordered the preventive detention of María Gabriela Reyna after several hours of questioning, as part of the investigation into the alleged crime of money laundering.

She was taken to the headquarters of the Directorate of Judicial Investigation (DIJ) in Ancon.
Reyna’s firm, Reyna & Associates, SA, had a bank account from which more than half a million dollars were transferred to other corporations linked to the process that led to the dismissal and jailing of the ex-judge, for unjust enrichment and falsifying public documents.
Reyna is also president and legal representative of Traffic Safety of Panama, a company which in 2011 signed a contract with the Transit Authority (ATTT) to set up speed control cameras. When the contract was originally agreed, Ricardo Chanis, president of Editora Panama America (Epasa), which former President Ricardo Martinelli controls, signed for Traffic Safety.