Panama Police Grills
Island Czar
The Panamanian police
revealed Tuesday new
details of the identity
and businesses by a
Colombian citizen, who
had purchased an island
from Las Perlas
Archipelago and had
several companies
dedicated to money
laundering.
Alleged drug trafficker
Jose Nelson Urrego
Cardenas, detained
Saturday on Chaperas
Island where he tried to
build a tourist complex,
moved at least $13
million in the bank
system, supported by a
false identity card.
Urrego, 53, entered the
country in 2001, after
serving a 75-month
sentence in a Colombian
jail for illegal
enrichment.
After reporting his
capture, the national
police stated he had a
Panamanian ID card,
expired in 2003, and
owned two companies in
the Colon Duty Free
Zone.
According to information
checked by attorney Jose
Abel Almengor, the
Migration Direction
admitted the delivery to
Urrego of a new identity
card on November 19,
2003, with falsified
documents.
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