Hunt continues for 8 HP gang members

Following the arrest of two suspects linked to the Damascus operation, the hunt continues for eight people who appear as part of a criminal structure is ongoing.

Among these are the two alleged leaders identified in the investigations: Carlos Roberto Aguilar Becerra and Franklin Ariel Acevedo Zuñiga.

Also on the list are: Fernando Jaén Alvarado, Kevin Javier Burac Tuñón, Elvis Joel Bonilla Rojas, Sócrates Abad Castillo, Jonathan Manuel Amaya Martínez and José Pimentel.

On Thursday Nicel Solano, a former official of the Judicial Branch was captured in the ongoing operation, which dismantled the HP gang (Humility and Purity), which operated in eastern Panama and collaborated with the Clan del Golfo, from Colombia.

Solano,– according to the Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime – provided legal advice on defense strategies to the members of the gang. Her capture occurred in the province of Los Santos.

According to the prosecution, the HPgang is a criminal group allegedly responsible for activities of illicit association, contract killings, drug trafficking, and illicit association, and it would have close collaboration with the Clan del Golfo.

A statement from the Judicial Branch specified that Solano worked in that institution since 2010 and held various positions. The last of them was that of interim assistant to the magistrate of the Second Criminal Chamber, Maribel Cornejo Batista.

According to the statement, on December 27, Judge Cornejo Batista dismissed Solano.