Mexican ex-governor arrested at Tocumen

WHILE INTERPOL seems to be wearing blinkers when it comes to looking for Panamanians on its red alert list in the USA,  the body is keeping its eyes open in Panama.

The latest to be caught in  its net  is The former governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, Roberto Borge.

He was captured in Panama during a skip and a hop visit en route  to Paris, said the Attorney General’s Office on Monday  July 5.

Borge, governor of Quintana Roo between 2011 and 2016 as a member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was arrested with support from Panama police.

Interpol in Panama reported that the ex-governor was in a hotel in the capital and that he planned to take  a flight bound for Paris.

In response, “an operation was implemented and the arrest was made at Tocumen International Airport,”  said a spokesman

Borge is one of many Mexican ex-governors involved in problems with justice