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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holds dual citizenship in the US and Panama
The article repeatedly refers to him as an American.
Isn’t he a Panamanian, or is that only when he’s not killing someone?
“He’s a lawyer and professor, so he’s guaranteed to be a card carrying liberal”
Maybe true.
Except for the balls not only to own a gun but ballsy enough to actually pull the trigger.
I am going to step out on a limb and guess you have never been to a Central American prison.
They don’t have a “white collar club fed” joint that I am aware of.....
Someone above suggested that China is promoting this..... while it sounds conspiratorial keep in mind that the “green energy” push has been a huge boon to the Chinese economy and the CCP. They own the battery and solar panel markets and a fair piece of the wind turbine market too. Every li-ion battery puts money in the pocket of CCP members. Every single one......
Yeah, well look at the “PROpal” agitators in d.c. a couple weeks ago. They’re paying the price now for their acti........oh! Never mind. 🤔
🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱👍
WHERE DO THEY THINK ALL THE ADDITIONAL POWER POLES ARE COMING FROM????
He should have given the second one a chance to leave after he popped the first one …
I expect a lot of more of this to happen.
While this may have been extreme, how about telling the protestors to stay out of the road?!
Is his name Walt Kowalski by chance?
This is the way.
Those two are now rumble strips on the road.
And everything worked out okay. The “eco-Warriors” don’t have to worry about the ‘viomen anymore. The Elderly gunman got the wackos off the road and the cops got their man. Everybody’s happy.
As a juror, I will not convict anyone of any crime in connection with his actions taking out the trash.
“I’m mad as Hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!!!”
And the eco warriors carbon footprints have been dramatically reduced
When the authorities don’t QUICKLY step up as REQUIRED and do their job, the citizens will go vigilante when the boiling point is reached - ON EVERY SUBJECT.
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