Operation Twilight dims lights of 35 traffickers  

The Attorney General’s Office reported on the afternoon of this Saturday, May 28, that 11 people were charged with the crime of illicit human trafficking. Ten 10 of the 11 people remain provisionally detained.

The request for the arrest was made to the judge of guarantees by the First Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime, which carries out the investigation linked to the “Twilight” operations.

The operation was carried out on May 25, in which several properties were raided in the provinces of Panama, Veraguas, West Panama, and Darién.

The superior prosecutor Emeldo Márquez, of the First Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime, explained on May 25 that the operation is a follow-up to the first phase of “Twilight”, carried out in September 2021, in which 24 people were charged. for the crime of migrant smuggling.

 Moisés Correa, inspector general of the National Border Service, indicated that in “Twilight Phase 2″ 20 raids were carried out on residences in the four provinces mentioned.

Correa said that 26 cell phones, three computers, and two storage units (USB) were located, which are under analysis as part of the evidence seized.