Suspect in armed hold-up of humanitarian caravan turns himself in

The humanitarian caravan with food products that  scheduled to arrive in Panama City on the night of Wednesday, July 20, could not fulfill its mission, due to the action of a group of “armed” people who stopped the transit of the vehicles, in Viguí, between the provinces of Chiriquí and Veraguas.

One of the allegedly involved is Manuel Murillo, candidate of the Alianza País Party, who turned himself in –shortly before noon on Thursday, July 21– at the headquarters of the Attorney General’s Office.

Murillo appeared at the Attorney General’s Office, with his lawyer. From there he was taken (handcuffed) to the transitory cell of the National Police, in Ancón. Murillo will then have to be transferred to Chiriquí, where the Primary Care Section of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office initiated an ex officio investigation

Previously, the Primary Care Section of the Chiriquí Prosecutor’s Office had ordered the arrest of two people allegedly involved in the events that occurred on the night of July 20, to the detriment of the truck drivers who were transporting products to the capital.

The other suspect is Jiménez Oliva who in the last general elections, was a candidate for free candidacy and now aspires to be a candidate with the Cambio Democrático (CD) party. However, the deputy of that party Ana Giselle Rosas distanced herself from her co-party.

Rosas commented that Jiménez Oliva recently registered for that party, specifically on May 4, 2022. “As a deputy from eastern Chirica, I can confirm that Alexis Jiménez Oliva is infiltrated there, he is an external agent,” the deputy told La Prensa.