Investigations Into FECE Scandal Continue
By Eneida Prieto for the Panama America - More than $11,000 in cash and checks have been given by the lawyers for Joaquina Gallardo to the Auxiliary Prosecutor, who demanded to know the origin of the money. It was known that one of Gallardo's brothers, Luis Peña Torregrosa, bought a blue Land Cruiser for approximately $48,000 in cash. The luxury SUV with "full extras" was released this week from a lien and transferred to another person, even though the FECE scandal had already exploded. Sources indicated that the Judicial Technical Police (PTJ) have arrest orders for Nedelka Gallardo and Yaribeth, the sister and niece of Gallardo, respectively. Authorities went to the house of Gallardo's father but the two women have not been located so far. It was also known that one of those involved in this scandal, a teacher named Pedro Pablo Sáenz, fears for his life after several subjects robbed him of thousands of dollars last week. Sáenz received several thousand dollars under the identity of the company Digital Sáenz Tecnology, according to Ministry of Education audits. According to the information provided, two employees of each branch of the Banco Nacional could be involved in an organization that helped to cash the checks without asking for greater details. In the case file there is evidence that the father of a teacher named Teodoro Castillo (of the same name), cashed checks in the banks in Milla 8, El Dorado, and Tumba Muerto. 
The schools in Panama are falling apart, but that didn't stop corrupt education officials from stealing more than $1.4 million dollars of the money that was supposed to rebuild them.
Joaquina Gallardo devuelve B/. 11 mil
Un hermano de Joaquina Gallardo compró un auto en B/.48 mil en efectivo.
El desfalco al FECE es un duro golpe a las deterioradas escuelas del país.
Eneida Prieto
PA-DIGITAL
Más de 11 mil dólares en efectivo y en cheques han sido entregados por abogados de Joaquina Gallardo a la Fiscalía Auxilar, quien exige conocer la procedencia de estos dineros.
Se conoció que uno de los hermanos de Gallardo, Luis Peña Torregrosa, compró una Land Cruiser azul aproximadamente por B/.48 mil en efectivo.
La lujosa camioneta full extras fue liberada esta semana de una hipoteca y traspasada a otra persona, a pesar de que ya había estallado este escándalo.
Fuentes indicaron a que la Policía Técnica Judicial(PTJ) giró órdenes de conducción para Nedelka Gallardo y Yaribeth, hermana y sobrina, respectivamente, de Joaquina Gallardo.
Las autoridades se dirigieron a la casa del padre de Gallardo, pero las mismas no han sido ubicadas por el momento.
Igualmente se informó que a uno de los involucrados en este peculado, el docente Pedro Pablo Sáenz, teme por su vida, luego de que varios sujetos le robaran miles de dólares la semana pasada.
Sáenz recibió varios miles de dólares bajo la identidad de la empresa Sáenz Digital Tecnology, según consta en la auditoría del Ministerio de Educación.
De acuerdo con informes suministrados, dos funcionarios por cada sucursal del Banco Nacional, podrían estar vinculados a un grupo organizado que ayudaba a cambiar estos cheques sin solicitar mayores detalles.
En el expediente sobre este caso, consta que el padre del docente Teodoro Castillo, del mismo nombre, cambió cheques en las sucursales bancarias de Milla 8, El Dorado y en Tumba Muerto.
