$6,000 In Cash Stolen From Tourist at Knifepoint

(Panama-Guide) - Source: Diómedes Sánchez S. for La Prensa - Approximately $6,000 dollars in cash and a checkbook were stolen from a tourist from Central America as he was about to pass through the gate to enter the Colon Free Trade Zone to make purchases. The tourist, who was in a group with about 40 other people, was attacked by the criminal who put a knife to his neck as he got off of a bus. Threatened with the knife, the tourist had no other recourse than to surrender his personal belongings, authorities explained.