In Panama, a man was detained for threatening to kill his 66-year-old mother and his 90-year-old grandmother.

An elderly woman with signs of physical abuse sits alone on a wooden bench, reflecting the painful reality of the abuse and abandonment suffered by many senior citizens. (Illustrative image Infobae)A Guarantees Court confirmed the pretrial detention of a 35-year-old man accused of domestic violence against his 66-year-old mother and his 90-year-old grandmother. The incident occurred in the community of Santa Fe, in the province of Darién, where the defendant engaged in harassment and mistreatment of both women. A recent hearing was a review of the precautionary measure, and the Public Prosecutor's Office argued that the procedural risks had not changed. The accused remains in detention because the vulnerability of the victims, two elderly women, and the fear they maintain in the face of repeated death threats made against them led the court to uphold the pretrial detention, considering that the danger to them persists. The victims expressed feeling fear due to the constant threats received from the defendant. That factor proved decisive for the precautionary measure to be upheld without modification. A judge holds a wooden gavel on the bench next to the hands of a detainee handcuffed behind their back - credit (Illustrative image Infobae)Meanwhile, a raid in the Arboleda neighborhood, in the district of La Chorrera, ended with the seizure of 469 packages of suspected cocaine and 83.20 grams of marijuana. The operation resulted in a sentence of 96 months in prison against the man accused of aggravated drug possession. The Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Drug-Related Crimes of West Panama, under the Attorney General's Office, validated a plea agreement set forth in the sentence. The convicted man must also pay a fine of USD 100 as an accessory penalty. Another individual was sentenced to 64 months in prison for the theft of copper pipes at the Specialized Higher Technical Institute (ITSE). FILE PHOTO: Copper cables stolen by thieves. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich/The Fourth Section of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office obtained the conviction against the Dominican citizen for aggravated theft to the detriment of the educational institution. The man was apprehended after taking copper pipes installed in a cold storage room at the institution. This week, a multiple requests hearing was held before a Guarantees Judge, at which the apprehension was declared legal and charges were formally filed against him as the perpetrator. The defendant accepted responsibility for the alleged act, and based on that admission, the Guarantees Judge orally validated a plea agreement and declared him criminally responsible. The 64-month prison sentence carries an accessory penalty consisting of disqualification from holding public office for the same term, which will begin once the main sentence has been served. Metal handcuffs rest on a wooden table, used in the context of law enforcement and justice. (Illustrative image Infobae)The same Fourth Section of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office handled another case of aggravated theft, this time to the detriment of the General José de San Martín High School, located in the Belisario Frías area of San Miguelito. The complaint reported the removal of property belonging to the educational institution. In a multiple requests hearing before a Guarantees Judge, the apprehension of a citizen was declared legal and charges were formally filed against him as the perpetrator. The crime was also classified as an attack on economic property, in the form of aggravated theft. As a personal precautionary measure, the court ordered the pretrial detention of the defendant. The measure will remain in effect for the entire investigation period granted to the Prosecutor's Office, set at six months. The four cases are part of the recent work of various divisions of the Attorney General's Office, which in recent days reported results both in domestic violence cases and in files related to economic property and drug trafficking. The sentences imposed range from six months of pretrial detention as a precautionary measure to the 96 months of effective prison handed down in the aggravated drug possession case in La Chorrera.