Two new arrests in murder of American and his pilot

Personnel of the National Police and the Public Ministry arrested two other people (a man and a woman) for their alleged involvement in the investigations of the kidnapping and murder of American businessman Randall Leigh Steittmeir and his Panamanian pilot Armando Eliécer Miranda Pittí.

They were found dead in Natá, Coclé province, in October 2021, after their relatives reported their disappearance in Chiriquí.

At the request of the first superior prosecutor against organized crime, Emeldo Márquez, the two arrested will be brought this Friday, May 6, before a guarantee judge.

During raids, the suspects were located in the El Nazareno neighborhood, Pedregal corregimiento, and in the La Invasión area, Pacora corregimiento.

A man and a woman apprehended in Operation El Valle de La Luna, in Chilibre and Pedregal, had already been brought before a guarantee judge, in March of this year.