00:00And to explain Panama's surrender of sovereignty, Mendez gave a brief account of the corruption
00:06that has taken hold of all branches of government.
00:13This is a vulgar act of state treason led by Molino, by Foreign Minister Martinez Asha,
00:20another corrupt official, and by Security Minister Fran Abrego,
00:25who is being prosecuted and has a trial pending.
00:30Abrego was directly appointed by Molino for he was the lawyer and got him out of embezzlement charges involving Thymacanica,
00:37an Italian conglomerate, for he had been minister under the Martinelli administration.
00:43But since justice in Panama is also rotten, all these white-collar criminals have been practically acquitted.
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