Foreigner Sentenced To 40 Months in Prison For Undeclared Cash at Tocumen
Jose Luis Guzman, a Mexican who tried to enter Panama with $300,000 in cash, was sentenced by the Fifth Criminal Court to 40 months in prison for money laundering, last June. Guzman entered Panama in 2009, from Mexico City, and was detected by the Customs Investigation Department carrying the undeclared money. The large amount of money was detected in a double bottom of a suitcase, where four packages were covered with transparent plastic. The Mexican was prosecuted by the Second Anti Drug Prosecutor, and he could not prove the origin of money, so he was investigated for having the money from drug trafficking. According to the foreigner, he came on vacation to Panama, and a day before his flight a friend gave him the suitcase with the money. (Critica)
