The judge of guarantees of the First Judicial Circuit of Panama, Irma Palacios, validated a sentencing agreement agreed upon between the parties and issued ruling No. 1005 of May 9, 2024, through which she declared a citizen criminally responsible and sanctioned him. to 80 months in prison, as the main penalty, for the crime against sexual freedom and integrity in the form of possession of child pornography.
While, in another case, the guarantee judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Panama, Meylin Jaén, also validated a sentencing agreement agreed upon between the parties and issued ruling No. 1009 of May 10, 2024, by which it was declared criminally responsible a 44-year-old citizen, and sentenced him to 84 months in prison, as the main penalty, for the same crime.
Both judges ordered those sanctioned the accessory penalty of disqualification for 80 and 84 months, from exercising public functions and working in parks, educational centers, kindergartens, sports centers and other places where minors are grouped, once they serve the main sentence.
Previously, the judges legalized the arrest and considered presented the formulation of charges against the two citizens, having the requirements supported by the representatives of the Public Ministry, prosecutors Dayán Chirú and Diomeris Solís. Those sanctioned were represented by private technical defenders Rubén Velasco and Alfredo Ríos.
This case is linked to several investigations that began in 2023, when the Public Ministry, in collaboration with nine other countries, began the international operation “Allies for Children III.” The primary objective of this operation was to dismantle criminal groups dedicated to child pornography.
