Man killed in Colón’s Altos de Los Lagos as homicide toll reaches 68
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- A man was found dead near tower L86 in Altos de Los Lagos, Colón province, after residents alerted police.
- Preliminary information indicated that he suffered three gunshot wounds.
- The killing raised Colón’s homicide toll for the year to 68 as prosecutors and judicial investigators opened an inquiry.
A man was found dead near tower L86 in Altos de Los Lagos, in Panama’s Colón province, after residents alerted the National Police to someone lying on the pavement.
Police arriving at the scene found the man without vital signs. Preliminary information indicated that he had suffered three gunshot wounds.
Officials from the Public Ministry and units of the Judicial Investigation Directorate went to the area to begin investigating the circumstances of the killing. The case raised the number of homicide victims recorded in Colón province this year to 68.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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