Police clash with Santiago protestors and clear highway closed for 8 days

Police Crowd Control Units and demonstrators who kept the Inter-American highway closed at the Santiago bridge in the province of Veraguas clashed in a strong confrontation that ended with the opening of the main road after more than eight days of closure. The National Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters, and take control of the bridge leading to the city of Santiago.

They also reopened the road in the Atalaya sector, where the protesters kept the four sections of the highway closed. Some responded by throwing blunt objects at the police. A number of people were arrested.