Panama’s ex-president Martinelli departs for asylum in Colombia By Reuters

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Panama’s ex-president Martinelli departs for asylum in Colombia By Reuters

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Colombia granted asylum to Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli, Colombian authorities said on Saturday, and two sources close to the ex-president said that he had departed the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City for Colombia.Martinelli, who was sentenced to over a decade in prison in Panama for money laundering, has been living in the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City since February last year, after Panama’s Supreme Court confirmed his sentence.Panamanian authorities said in a statement that they offered the ex-president safe passage from the embassy to a local airport in \"full compliance with the obligations set forth ..