Moderators Moderator_03 Posted October 31, 2021 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2021 Quote Two more gang executions under investigation Posted 30/10/2021 The Homicide and Femicide Section of the Coclé Regional Prosecutor's Office began an investigation after the discovery of two bodies of two executed men in Río Chico, Natá. It is not ruled out that the bodies found are the disappeared who were reported as missing since last Sunday in Chiriquí. Unofficially, it was known that the bodies had several bullet wounds in the abdomen and head. The deceased are presumed to be between 25 and 40 years old. Authorities reported that the bodies were wrapped in black and white cloth. One of them was found a few meters from the Río Chico and the other very close to the river. The Public Ministry and the National Police are searching for a third person who could supposedly be in the same place. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/two-more-gang-executions-under-investigation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted November 2, 2021 Author Moderators Share Posted November 2, 2021 Quote US Embassy demands justice for American citizen kidnapped and killed Posted 01/11/2021 The US Embassy in Panama has called for the full weight of the law to fall on the killers of American businessman Randall Leigh Stettmeir Tilly, whose body was found last weekend alongside his pilot Armando Eliécer Miranda Pittí. "We express our deep condolences to the family members and ask to respect their privacy at this difficult time. The Embassy demands that the murderers be captured and brought to justice," the US Embassy in Panama said in a statement. "We reject violence and crime in all its forms. We cooperate with the Panamanian authorities in the investigations related to the case. We trust that the murderers will be punished with the full weight of the law”. The bodies were found near the Chico river bridge in Natá de Lo Caballeros, Coclé province. Randall was the owner of the spraying company FABSA and the owner of a helicopter that does spraying work. The kidnappers were allegedly asking for more than $200,000 for the ransom reports . His secretary Ruth Saucedo was also kidnapped on Sunday, October 24, when they left to carry out fumigation work in Veraguas, but her whereabouts are still unknown. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/us-embassy-demands-justice-for-american-citizen-kidnapped-and-killed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted November 3, 2021 Author Moderators Share Posted November 3, 2021 Quote Murder of American citizen alerts authorities to surging crime wave Posted 03/11/2021 The kidnapping and murder of the American businessman Randall Leigh Steittmeir, and his pilot Armando Miranda, whose bodies were found in Río Chico, Natá, has finally alerted the security authorities to a growing crime wave after months of denials. The investigation into the kidnapping of Steittmeir and two other people close to his aerial fumigation business was carried out by the Special Prosecutor's Office against Organized Crime, but their murder has led to the intervention of the Homicide and Femicide Prosecutor's Office. Sources linked to the investigation revealed that the kidnappers demanded a ransom of $350,000 for freeing Steitmeir, who owned a fumigation company, as well as the other two people. The sources revealed to La Prensa that a first payment was delivered to the kidnappers, but then they demanded the entire ransom, after which contact was lost and then their bodies were found in Natá Two weeks ago in that same sector, the lifeless body of a young woman resident in Aguadulce was found. This double crime is in addition to the five people who were murdered last week at the Espacio Panamá nightclub, in Casco Viejo, as well as a triple homicide n Kuna Nega, in the vicinity of the Cerro Patacón landfill. The bodies were bound and their hands tied and it is presumed that they were killed elsewhere and their bodies were abandoned near the landfill. On Tuesday two people were arrested in Santa Anna for their alleged connection to an attack last Thursday in Los Angeles, which left three injured, one of them seriously. Police sources revealed that the suspects were recognized through a series of security videos obtained by surveillance https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/murder-of-american-citizen-alerts-authorities-to-surging-crime-wave-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted November 4, 2021 Author Moderators Share Posted November 4, 2021 Quote Secretary in kidnap-murder plot found alive Posted 03/11/2021 Police sources have confirmed that the kidnapped Chirican businesswoman Ruth Saucedo Nielsen 48, was found alive at dawn on Wednesday, November 3, in Pocr de Aguadulce, Coclé province. Nielsen had been kidnapped along with the American businessman Randall Leigh Steittmeir and the Chirican Armando Miranda Pittí. The bodies of the two men were found last Saturday, October 30, a few meters from the bridge over the Chico de Natá river, in Coclé. The sources said that the woman, who showed signs of blows, wandered down a street and asked for help. She was taken to a medical center in Aguadulce. On Tuesday, the funeral services of Leigh Steittmeir and Miranda Pittí were held in the city of David, Chiriquí. According to the investigations, Leigh Steittmeir had an aerial spraying company and was contracted to carry out work in Soná, Veraguas province. The American went to Soná with the pilot Miranda Pittí and Saucedo. The relatives later received calls from the kidnappers asking for money in exchange for their release. Days later, the bodies of the two men were found with signs of torture. The Chirican community and groups of foreigners residing in Panama have asked the authorities to thoroughly investigate what happened. The United States Embassy said this week that it will cooperate with Panamanian authorities in investigations related to the murder of a US citizen. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/secretary-in-kidnap-murder-plot-found-alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted November 5, 2021 Author Moderators Share Posted November 5, 2021 Quote Secretary of murdered American in ICU Posted 05/11/2021 The 69-year-old Chiricana Ruth Saucedo, who was the secretary of the kidnapped and later murdered American businessman along with his pilot is being held in the intensive care room of the Rafael Estévez hospital, in Aguadulce, Coclé province. The alleged abductors released her on the morning of Wednesday, November 3. She had suffered blows all over her body and a head wound. The authorities continue with the investigations to find those responsible for the killers of the two men who were buried on November 2. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/secretary-of-murdered-american-in-icu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted March 18, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2022 Quote Suspects in kidnapping and murder of American businessman and pilot arrested Posted 18/03/2022 Two people allegedly linked to the kidnapping and murder of an American businessman and his pilot, in October 2021, were apprehended on Friday, March 18. National Police Commissioner Carlos Valencia explained that the suspects were arrested on Friday morning during "Operation Valle de Luna", in the Villa Unida sector in the Chilibre district and El Nazareno in the Pedregal district. They are aliases "Koki" and "Tavi", both Panamanian, added the commissioner. The businessman's body was located on October 30 in the Chico River, Natá, Coclé https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/suspects-in-kidnapping-and-murder-of-american-businessman-and-pilot-arrested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted March 21, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted March 21, 2022 Quote Kidnap suspects await double murder hearing Posted 19/03/2022 DAVID, Chiriquí.- A guarantee judge opened a criminal case against Gustavo Bonilla 'Tavin' and Jenniffer del Carmen Castillo Amores, on Saturday,March 19 for the alleged kidnapping of American citizen, Randalph Leigh Steittmeir and Armando Miranda Pittí, an event that occurred on October 24, 2021. Both citizens are also being investigated for crimes against economic assets since there is evidence that, through a bank account, payments were made for the deprivation of liberty of the US citizen and his brother-in-law of Chirican origin. Prosecutor Andrés Chimillo, requested provisional detention for six months, while the investigations continue for both defendants. Meanwhile, in the coming days, the Public Ministry of the province of Coclé will be calling a control hearing for both accused of the murder of Stettmeier and Miranda Pittí, since their bodies were found on the side of the Inter-American highway, at the bridge over the Chico River, Nata. Meanwhile, in the coming days, the Public Ministry of the province of Coclé will be calling a control hearing for both accused of the murder of Stettmeier and Miranda Pittí, since their bodies were found on the side of the Inter-American highway, at the height of the bridge over the Chico River, Nata. Steittmeir and Pittí were kidnapped after they received a phone call to propose a fumigation job in the province of Veraguas. According to the investigations, Leigh Steittmeir had an aerial fumigation company and was contacted to do a job in Soná de Veraguas. The American went to the indicated place with Miranda Pittí and his secretary Ruth Saucedo. When trying to locate them, their relatives realized that the cell phones had been turned off. The relatives later received several calls from the kidnappers asking for money in exchange for their release. Days later, the bodies of the two men were found. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/kidnap-suspects-await-double-murder-hearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted May 6, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted May 6, 2022 Quote Two new arrests in murder of American and his pilot Posted 05/05/2022 Personnel of the National Police and the Public Ministry arrested two other people (a man and a woman) for their alleged involvement in the investigations of the kidnapping and murder of American businessman Randall Leigh Steittmeir and his Panamanian pilot Armando Eliécer Miranda Pittí. They were found dead in Natá, Coclé province, in October 2021, after their relatives reported their disappearance in Chiriquí. At the request of the first superior prosecutor against organized crime, Emeldo Márquez, the two arrested will be brought this Friday, May 6, before a guarantee judge. During raids, the suspects were located in the El Nazareno neighborhood, Pedregal corregimiento, and in the La Invasión area, Pacora corregimiento. A man and a woman apprehended in Operation El Valle de La Luna, in Chilibre and Pedregal, had already been brought before a guarantee judge, in March of this year. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/two-new-arrests-in-murder-of-american-and-his-pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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