Posted on 11/08/2023 1:40:18 PM PST by lowbridge
An elderly American has been arrested after a gunman was caught on camera walking up to environmental protesters blocking a Panamanian highway Tuesday and blasting two of them to death.
Disturbing footage showed a man with gray hair and glasses casually approaching the blockade on the Pan-American Highway and waving his finger while arguing with the demonstrators — before pulling out a gun and opening fire.
Other footage showed people standing around bodies in the road in the Chame sector west of Panama City as well as the gunman being cuffed and led to a squad car.
Police later shared a photo of the suspect handcuffed to a pipe as he was identified as Kenneth Darlington, 77, a lawyer and professor who holds dual citizenship in the US and Panama, according to Newsroom Panama and Agence France-Presse.
One of the shot protesters died at the scene while the second was pronounced dead at a local hospital, AFP said.
The violence came during the third week of protests over a large mining contract that allows Canada-based First Quantum Minerals to operate the region’s largest pit copper mine for at least 20 more years.
The roadblocks have caused up to $80 million in daily losses to businesses and have shuttered schools nationwide for more than a week.
Panama President Laurentino Cortizo sent his condolences to the dead protesters’ families, saying that such a crime “has no place” in his nation’s supportive society.
The deadly shooting came after Panamanian media reported that a demonstrator was run over and killed last week by a foreigner attempting to drive past a roadblock.
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It would be interesting to know what the feelings about him are in Panama.
A lot of these eco anarchists are funded by foreign countries - the Russians were backing protests against our pipelines so I wouldn’t doubt some copper mining country is likewise trying to hamstring copper mining in Panama.
The roadblocks have caused up to $80 million in daily losses to businesses and have shuttered schools nationwide for more than a week.
Probably a lot of people who have been hurt by these protests who would like to drive right through these protesters.
I wonder how many Americans are among the protesters.
Its really not good. He let Eco leftist scums ruin the rest of his retired life. Totally not worth it for him.
those damn gringos
They guy went to Panama because he saw his own country turning into a woke, leftist sh**hole
Then he got there and saw Panama was turning into the same.
Enough to make anyone snap.
I am amazed that this does not happen more often.
There isn’t enough copper in the world — and the shortage could last till 2030
CNBC ^ | FEB 7 20236:07 PM EST | Lee Ying Shan
Posted on 2/28/2023, 3:31:49 PM by Red Badger
KEY POINTS:
* A copper deficit is set to inundate global markets throughout 2023, fueled by increasingly challenged South American supply streams and higher demand pressures....
Correct. He's a lawyer and professor, so he's guaranteed to be a card carrying liberal.
Life in prison wouldn’t be bad for oldsters. Free medical, free dental, free food and good security.
Clearly the ‘protesters’ were attempting to hold him against his will.
Then this guy is a hero.
Best comment of the thread.
I've had that same thought a few times this past year or so.
Hopalong Ginsburg, my man.
They were not arrested. Therefore, the government is complicit in the protests, for some reason.
There may be a shakedown of some type going on.
Paid for by China, manipulated by Tic Toc, just like the BLM and ANTIFA riots in the US. They want the mine.
“What did he do wrong? Do they know the charge?”
Littering - he neglected to remove the waste (dead bodies) from the roadway.
Moral: Don’t be a litterbug!
GMTA
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