Martinelli kidnap plot a fraud

A highly publicized plot to kidnap President Martinelli  and turn him over to the Colombian guerrilla organization FARC has been declared a fraud.

A judge has ordered the release of three people, after determining that  the plot was fabricated, They were arrested and jailed in January 2010.

Criminal Court Judge Manuel Correa ordered the three defendants to be released immediately and their belongings   returned to them. His decision was based on the findings of an investigation that revealed that  one of the defendants Puerto Rican citizen Isaac Polanco invented the plot to obtain money in exchange for information.
Javier Kennion and his brother, Benjamin Kennion, members of the Institutional Protection Service, said they met with Polanco, but refused to participate in the plot. The three allegedly plotted to kidnap the president  turn him over to FARC to be ransomed. 

Polanco was handed over to Immigration to be deported. Benjamin Kennion was released, but has been removed from the service. His brother is in jail facing other charges.

At the time of  revelations of the “plot” President Martinelli beefed up his security by  hiring y guards from Israel.