Former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli spent 15 months at the Nicaraguan embassy to avoid a nearly 11-year sentence on money laundering charges - Copyright AFP ...

(CN) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal, sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering, can be prosecuted for additional charges in Panama where he was extradited ...

A Panamanian policeman stands guard outside the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City on February 8, 2024. Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli requested asylum at the Nicaraguan embassy, after ...

Nicaragua granted asylum this Wednesday to former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli, days after he lost the last appeal to overturn an almost 11-year prison sentence for money laundering.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Not a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering nor going into political asylum in Nicaragua’s embassy have weakened the political aspirations of Panama’s former President ...