Ex-mayor convicted in park cleaning scam

Former Panama Mayor, Bosco Vallarino and two others have been declared by the Court of Auditors jointly responsible,  for patrimonial injury to the State i in the case related to a  contract by the Municipality of Panama for the maintenance, conservation, and cleaning of plazas and parks.

The court sentenced them Vallarino and two people; the amount of the damage sum $585,234.16, detailed the prosecution.

Vallarino was mayor of the Municipality of Panama between July 2009 and January 2012.

He is still facing corruption charges relating to bribes tied to the construction of a parking lot.