Another former Panamanian minister arrested in graft probe

Another former Panamanian minister arrested in graft probe
Saturday, June 06, 2015

Panama City, Panama (AFP) — A former Panamanian government official was arrested Thursday night over suspected corruption, the latest ex-minister to be nabbed in a widening graft probe into the administration of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli.

Former agriculture minister Oscar Osorio was arrested after a lengthy interrogation over the award of a public contract to an Ecuadoran company, for which one-time vice president Felipe Virzi was arrested Wednesday.

Anti-corruption prosecutors ordered Virzi's arrest after probing the awarding of an irrigation system contract and alleging he received a $5-million payment.

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Numerous close associates of Martinelli have been swept up in an anti-corruption probe that may be zeroing in on the former president who held office from 2009 to 2014.

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