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Dos hermanos reciben 15 años de cárcel por delitos contra menores en Panamá
La Justicia panameña dictó nuevas condenas en distintos casos penales que incluyen delitos sexuales, homicidios, robo agravado y femicidio, tras procesos en los que el Ministerio Público logró sustentar con pruebas periciales, testimoniales y documentales la responsabilidad penal de los implicados.
Las decisiones se producen en medio de una agenda judicial activa que abarca hechos ocurridos entre 2021 y 2024 en diversas regiones del país.
En uno de los casos más graves, dos hombres que son hermanos fueron condenados a 15 años de prisión por los delitos de abuso sexual y privación de libertad, tras un juicio oral de tres días en el que la Fiscalía Regional de Chiriquí presentó evidencias contundentes.
Los hechos ocurrieron en 2024, en el corregimiento de Sortová, distrito de Bugaba, donde los condenados, mediante intimidación, abusaron de una menor de edad y además retuvieron contra su voluntad a dos menores dentro de una residencia.
Durante el proceso, el tribunal de juicio oral valoró pruebas materiales, documentales y testimoniales, lo que permitió emitir un fallo condenatorio contra ambos imputados.
La privación de libertad de las víctimas, sumada a la violencia ejercida, fue determinante para establecer la gravedad de la conducta penal. Este caso se enmarca dentro de los esfuerzos del Ministerio Público por sancionar delitos contra la integridad de menores, considerados de alta prioridad dentro del sistema judicial.
En otro proceso, la Fiscalía Metropolitana, a través de la Sección de Homicidio y Femicidio, logró una sentencia de 30 años de prisión contra un hombre identificado como alias “Chombolín”, hallado culpable de homicidio doloso agravado.
El tribunal también impuso una pena accesoria de inhabilitación para ejercer funciones públicas por 10 años, una vez cumplida la condena principal.
El hecho ocurrió el 6 de marzo de 2023, en el corregimiento de Las Mañanitas, específicamente en el Sector 20, donde el sentenciado, en complicidad con un menor de edad, realizó disparos con arma de fuego contra la víctima, provocándole la muerte.
La Fiscalía logró acreditar la responsabilidad penal mediante testimonios y peritajes, consolidando el caso ante el tribunal.
En una causa distinta, relacionada con delitos contra el patrimonio, la Sección de Asistencia a Juicio de la Fiscalía Metropolitana obtuvo una sentencia de 15 años de prisión para un hombre por robo agravado, en hechos ocurridos el 5 de junio de 2021 en el corregimiento de Betania.
El fallo se produjo luego de audiencias realizadas los días 19 y 25 de marzo de 2026, donde se expuso la teoría del caso y se presentaron múltiples elementos probatorios.
De acuerdo con la investigación, el condenado actuó junto a dos personas no identificadas, quienes ingresaron a una residencia en Villa Cáceres y, mediante amenaza con arma de fuego, despojaron a las víctimas de celulares y dinero en efectivo. Además de la pena principal, el tribunal impuso una inhabilitación para ejercer funciones públicas por seis años, una vez cumplida la condena.
Finalmente, en la provincia de Darién, la Fiscalía Regional logró una condena de 30 años de prisión por el delito de femicidio, tras demostrar la culpabilidad de un hombre en perjuicio de su pareja sentimental.
El hecho ocurrió la noche del 16 de noviembre de 2024, en el distrito de Chepigana, donde el agresor utilizó un arma blanca para cometer el crimen.
En este caso, el Ministerio Público sustentó la acusación con pruebas documentales, periciales y testimoniales, que permitieron establecer la responsabilidad penal del acusado.
La violencia de género y el vínculo entre víctima y victimario fueron elementos clave en la tipificación del delito como femicidio, uno de los crímenes más severamente sancionados por la legislación panameña.
A la fecha, se han registrado 158 homicidios en el país. Según las autoridades panameñas, 76% de esos casos guarda relación con estructuras vinculadas al narcotráfico. Las estadísticas oficiales reflejan que la mayor cantidad de homicidios en 2026 se concentra en el distrito de Panamá, con 58 casos; seguido de San Miguelito, con 28; Colón, con 23; y Arraiján, con 13.
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White House anti-fraud task force flags $6.3 billion in potential government fraud
White House Anti-Fraud Task Force Vice Chair Andrew Ferguson discusses the task force’s discovery of $6.3 billion in potential fraudulent government contracts, criticizing Democrat governors for allowing widespread fraud and even facilitating it for decades. Ferguson reveals examples of lavish spending by alleged fraudsters and highlights states like California and Hawaii’s failure to prosecute fraud despite receiving federal funds.
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Buying a stolen identity can cost less than a fast-food meal, enabling criminals to use AI and internet tutorials to file fraudulent benefit claims from anywhere in the world, a former inspector general warned Congress on Wednesday.
Lawmakers are already ramping up scrutiny of fraud in major federal aid programs — including unemployment, Medicaid and food assistance — as criminals leverage AI, stolen identities and online tools to exploit systems and drain billions in taxpayer dollars.
Federal watchdogs previously estimated that more than $100 billion in pandemic-era unemployment benefits alone may have been lost to fraud, much of it tied to weak identity verification and oversight gaps.
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Scammers are sending deceptive tracking links that mimic real carriers, hoping rushed shoppers won’t notice red flags. (Silas Stein/Picture Alliance)
«The internet has reduced barriers to fraud,» said retired inspector general Bob Westbrooks during a House Oversight Committee hearing on fraud in federally funded state programs.
«Offenders can find free tutorials online, purchase stolen identities for the price of a Happy Meal, and file claims from anywhere in the world. With automation tools, they can even submit multiple claims across multiple states,» added Westbrooks, who spent nearly three decades in public service focused on anti-fraud efforts.
He warned that «the prevalence of fraud discussions online normalizes this behavior and reduces the fear of getting caught and punished.»
Massive fraud schemes in recent years have underscored the scope of the problem, including a $250 million «Feeding Our Future» case in Minnesota that resulted in dozens of convictions, and a roughly $100 million welfare scandal in Mississippi that led to criminal charges and high-profile prosecutions.
The issue has become so glaring that President Donald Trump appointed Vice President J.D. Vance as the new ‘fraud czar’ and tasked him with addressing taxpayer theft – especially in blue states where local officials refuse to cooperate with the administration.
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Other auditors and federal officials have pointed to systemic weaknesses in benefit programs, including payments to deceased individuals, duplicate claims filed across multiple states and limited real-time verification of eligibility.
«There’s no one-size-fits-all solution,» Westbrooks said, noting the complexity of policing massive federal programs.
«To be frank, it is simply impossible or impracticable to design a 100% fraud-proof program,» he added.
Still, Westbrooks emphasized that fraud should not be accepted as a cost of doing business.
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A person dressed as an internet hacker is seen with binary code displayed on a laptop screen in this double exposure illustration photo. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
«The American public should reasonably expect that public money is not used to pay dead people, incarcerated individuals, or duplicate claims in the same state or across states, and that public funds are otherwise appropriately safeguarded,» Westbrooks said.
«Officials should aggressively but responsibly adopt new technology tools in the fight against fraud.»
He added that safeguarding taxpayer dollars will require «a coordinated and comprehensive, risk- and data-driven approach» to reduce losses and restore public trust.
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Russia’s Lavrov says Iran has ‘inalienable’ right to enrich uranium, openly defying Trump’s demands
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Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said that Iran has an «inalienable» right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes during a state visit to China on Wednesday, according to the Times of Israel.
«The right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes is an inalienable right of the Islamic Republic of Iran,» Lavrov said during a Tuesday press conference following a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to the Times of Israel.
Access to said uranium has been a hard line for U.S. President Donald Trump in ongoing peace negotiations with Iran.
«There will be no enrichment of Uranium,» Trump wrote in an April 8 post on Truth Social, adding that the U.S. would be working with Iran to dig up all remaining nuclear materials in the country to ensure the Islamic Republic would not have access to any uranium.
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Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a press conference in Beijing, China. April 15, 2026. (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation during Saturday negotiations with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, doubled down on that red line.
«The enriched uranium that the Iranians currently possess, we have said that we want that to come our of their country, and we would like to take possession of it,» Vance told Fox News’ Brett Baier on Monday.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China. April 15, 2026. (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
«The president doesn’t want to leave the next president or the president after that to be worrying about this program so we would like to get that material out of the country completely so that the United States has control over it.
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Despite the U.S. hard line, Russia’s top diplomat appeared to openly defy the U.S. demand, speaking in strong terms against what he viewed as American global control.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov shakes hands with Chinese president Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China. April 15, 2026 (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
«Neither China nor Russia, nor the majority of countries throughout the world, can accept this approach,» Lavrov said in remarks posted to a Russian state website.
The peace talks in Iran stalled, according to Vance, because of their refusal to completely give up their nuclear program. Nuclear experts praised the decision.
«The U.S. team was wise to walk away once it became clear the Iranians would not agree to Washington’s core nuclear demands. Tehran maintaining enriched uranium stocks and uranium enrichment capabilities provides it with a pathway to nuclear weapons, plain and simple,» Andrea Stricker, deputy director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ nonproliferation program, told Fox News Digital.
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Fox News Digital contacted the U.S. State Department and the Russian Foreign Ministry for comment but did not hear back immediately.
Fox News Digital’s Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.
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