Former PRD Heavyweights Spend Christmas in Prison

(Panama-Guide) By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Three PRD political heavyweights, all members of the Partido Revolucionario Democratico (PRD) which ruled Panama from 2004 - 2009 under former President Martin Torrijos, spent their first Christmas behind bars as the formal investigations into their allegedly corrupt actions continue. Former Education Ministers Belgis Castro and Salvador Rodriguez remain in prison thanks to the charges pending against them for embezzlement and corruption related to controversial contracts to supposedly removed fiberglass insulation from public schools.

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