A Supreme Court justice linked to former President Ricardo Martinelli was suspended on Monday over corruption charges in a landmark corruption case that has mesmerized much of Panama.
Alejandro Moncada has for weeks been battling accusations he profited from his ties to the former conservative leader after documents emerged showing he paid mostly in cash for two luxury apartments valued at over $1.7 million. Such properties are seemingly incompatible with Moncada’s $120,000 a year salary and don’t show up in a sworn affidavit delivered shortly before joining the bench in 2010 in which he declared a 4×4 truck and an expensive watch as his only assets.
