Humanitarian caravan hold-up suspect surrenders

Less than 24 hours after police issued an arrest warrant and a $5000 reward for news of his whereabouts, Alexis Jiménez Oliva turned himself in shortly before noon on Friday, July 22,  at the headquarters of the Attorney General’s Office, in Panama City describing himself to media as “a politically persecuted person.”

Oliva, who also identified himself as a social leader, was allegedly involved in blocking the passage of a humanitarian caravan transporting agricultural products from Chiriquí to the capital. The events took place on July 20, in the area near Viguí, between the provinces of Chiriquí and Veraguas.

“I told the convoy to turn around and go through Gualaca… there is a video,” Jiménez Oliva said today.

Yesterday, the Primary Care Section of the Public Ministry in Chiriquí issued an arrest warrant against him. The same measure applied to Manuel Murillo, who turned himself in on Thursday.

Both are being investigated for the alleged commission of  crime against the public administration.