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PANAMA: TRUTH COMMISSION DELIVERS ITS FINAL REPORT ON VICTIMS OF THE 1968-1988 MILITARY REGIME.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 02-MAY-02 		Format: Online - approximately 779 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Panama's truth commission (Comision de la Verdad) issued its final report to organizations representing the victims of torture, assassination, and disappearance during the military regime headed first by Gen. Omar Torrijos (1960-1981) and then by Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega (1981-1988). The report confirms the culpability of the military and recommends reparations to relatives of the victims.

The commission came into being after the discovery of what are thought to be the remains of Jose Hector Gallego, a Colombian priest abducted by the military in 1971. The remains were found on a military base in 1999 (see NotiCen, 1999-01-21).

President Mireya Moscoso, whose late husband Arnulfo Arias was ousted as president in a 1968 military coup led...

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