Misused public fundsOversight & ethics enforcement
Panama prosecutors apprehend seven people in alleged B/.8.1 million embezzlement from the Belisario Porras community council in San Miguelito
Confidence: Confirmed · 1 sourcePanama · Oct 13, 2026
Also named
Oversight
Ministerio Público de Panamá
Contraloría General de la República de Panamá
Affected
Junta Comunal de Belisario Porras
What happened
On 6 May 2026 Panama's Public Prosecutor's Office, through its Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office, announced the apprehension of seven people in 'Operación Eco Distante' over alleged embezzlement (peculado) to the detriment of the Belisario Porras community council (Junta Comunal) in San Miguelito. An audit report from the Comptroller General attached to the case puts the economic harm to the state at B/.8,098,668.62. Those apprehended are suspects; the press release reports no verdict.
Sources (1)
PGN aprehende a 7 personas por peculado en perjuicio de la Junta Comunal Belisario PorrasMediante la operación «Eco Distante», la Procuraduría General de la Nación a través de su Fiscalía Anticorrupción, con la Dirección de Inteligencia Policial de la Policía Nacional, aprehendieron a siete personas por la presunta vinculación en el delito de peculado en perjuicio de la Junta Comunal de Belisario Porras en San Miguelito que dejó una lesión económica de B/.8,098,668.62 al Estado.
Response
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What happened next (0)
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