Supreme Court Finds Substitute Deputy Guilty in Drug Case
(Panama-Guide) By Meredith Serracín for the Panama America - The full session of Panama's Supreme Court of Justice, comprised of seven magistrates (two of them substitutes), declared Fausto Misselis, who is a substitute Deputy in the Panamanian National Assembly, guilty of a crime against the public health in a drug case.
In February 2008 Misselis was arrested with a shipment of 58 kilos of drugs inside of a vehicle during a police operation being conducted on Vía España.
For having pleaded guilty and asking for an abbreviated process, the Supreme Court will now have five working days to sentence Misselis, who could receive from three to five years in prison.
