Animals rescued from house used by human traffickers

Staff of the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) accompanied by  National Police officers and Panama City authorities arrived on  Wednesday to rescue animals from a residence in Altos del Chase where earlier in the week 17 victims of human trafficking had been freed during a raid by the First Prosecutor's Office Against Organized Crime. Several dogs and a rabbit who had been locked in rooms were taken a veterinarian for evaluation.