Teacher denies knowledge of weapons cache
A teacher has told prosecutors that a large cache of weapons found behind a false wall in his home in Boquete, Chiriqui, were put there by a former owner.
The cache was found in April in the home of Jorge Jiménez. Jiménez, 57, who also happens to be a former owner. Prosecutors believe the cache belongs to FARC, a Colombian revolutionary organization.
Prosecutors cliam they have evidence to connect Jimenez to the weapons, which included 24 machine guns, 47 assault rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Jiménez owned the house in 1994, but sold it and bought it back in 2004.