VOICED : Expresidente panameno Martinelli absuelto de presunto espionaje a opositores

Ricardo Martinelli was acquitted of illegal espionage charges against 150 opponents by the First Judicial District Court of Panama. The court found no evidence that he ordered espionage between 2012 and 2014. Previously tried and found not guilty in 2019, an appeal overturned the verdict in 2020, leading to a retrial. Martinelli, 69, was celebrated by supporters after the verdict. The prosecution sought an eight-year sentence, claiming irrefutable evidence. After leaving office in 2014, Martinelli faced multiple investigations, with several ministers detained. He moved to Miami in 2015 to avoid prosecution but was extradited to Panama in 2017.

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