Panama rejects Interpol request by judicial branch for former president Martinelli

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama's constabulary said connected Sunday they had rejected a petition by the judiciary subdivision to question a reddish announcement by Interpol for erstwhile President Ricardo Martinelli, connected the grounds that this is prohibited for refugees oregon governmental asylum seekers.

Martinelli, who was president of the Central American federation from 2009 to 2014, has been surviving wrong Nicaragua's embassy successful Panama City since the country's authorities moved to apprehension him aft a tribunal recovered him blameworthy of wealth laundering.

On Thursday, a apical Panamanian authoritative said the authorities had approved harmless transition for Martinelli to question to Nicaragua, wherever helium has received asylum.

"After the ineligible reappraisal of the petition from the judicial subdivision to see erstwhile President Martinelli successful the Interpol database, we corroborate that we person rejected the processing of said notification," a connection said.

"It does not comply with the parameters established by Interpol since 2014, and we reaffirmed successful 2017, which prohibit the issuance of reddish alerts connected citizens who are refugees oregon governmental asylum seekers, arsenic is the lawsuit of Mr. Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal."

Neither Interpol nor a lawyer for Martinelli could instantly beryllium reached for further remark connected a Sunday night. A spokesperson for Martinelli confirmed connected societal media that the petition for a reddish alert was rejected.

(Reporting by Elida Moreno;Writing by Stefanie Eschenbacher; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Kim Coghill)