Posted on 11/09/2023 9:45:06 AM PST by algore
A motorist who shot dead two environmental protesters blocking a road in Panama on Tuesday is a retired American lawyer, it has been revealed.
Kenneth Darlington, 77, appeared before a judge in the town of La Espiga on Wednesday afternoon, and after a two-hour hearing was remanded in custody.
the Panamanian-born US citizen has a previous conviction for illegal possession of a firearm.
It is understood he declared 'this ends here' before walking up to the road block on a section of the Pan-American Highway in the Chame district and getting into a heated argument with a group of men that included the two victims.
The protesters have for three weeks been campaigning against the Panamanian government's agreement with a Canadian firm to run Central America's biggest open-pit copper mine for at least another 20 years.
The mine is in an environmentally sensitive area.
He reportedly told other passengers in the car as he got out: 'This ends today.'
One of the demonstrators can be heard saying: 'Why don't you shoot?' Others shouted at the man: 'Are you going to kill someone?' to which he replied: 'Do you want to be the first?' according to reports.
After remonstrating with the protesters, Darlington is then seen to open fire.
One of the victims, Abdiel Díaz, died at the scene, according to The Times.
The other victim, Iván Rodríguez, 62, was taken to the Juan Vega Méndez clinic in the nearby town of San Carlos, but was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Road blocks set up by protesters have caused up to $80 million in daily losses to businesses, with schools closed nationwide for over a week and more than 150,000 medical appointments missed.
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Oh, to be eligable for jury duty there. Oh well, probably will not matter if they’ve got a leftist (corrupt, inept) judge.
He needs to quickly identify as a muslim- then the msm will cover for him
2nd degree murder.
The protesters blanked around and found out.
A life sentence doesn’t matter all that much to a 77-year old.
its about time people start cashing these checks the bigmouths have been writing.
All he had to do was say, “It’s Comin’ Right For Us!”
People who do this sort of thing deserve a medal and a small cash award.
As a juror, I will not convict anyone of any crime for his actions in taking out the trash.
Some people will count this as a win.
That 77 year old lawyer has done something rather selfless.
This is not the script the eco-terrorists wrote. But this is an obvious risk of being a pawn protester.
Panama? Wow!
Justifiable homocide.
Read a thread on Reddit a few moments ago about this event. All the eco hippies are now encouraging one another to carry guns and kill any motorist who confronts their roadblocks. You have to know however that Reddit is the ultimate repository of loud mouth internet warrior commies.
It was probably the last straw for this guy.
Not defending the protesters tactics, they are wrong, but open-pit copper mines are nasty.
You’re correct in calling them eco-terrorists. These are not protesters.
Yes those protesters are guilty of at least 2nd degree murder many times cuasing all the missed medical visits.
Sounds like he was just doing the government's job for them.
Did the dead guy utter: go ahead and shoot me? If so immediate finalist for Darwin Award this year.
> ‘Are you going to kill someone?’ to which he replied: ‘Do you want to be the first?’
That is a serious hint to get the heck out of there.
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