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Jailed ex-Panama president released from US jail on $1m bond

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February 14, 2018 8:21 PM

A US judge has ordered ex-Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli released from prison on a $1 million bail as he fights extradition to his home country, where the former leader faces corruption and domestic espionage charges.

Martinelli, president of Panama from 2009 to 2014, was arrested in June 2017 at the request of the Panamanian government and held in a federal prison in Miami.

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He can now return to his Miami residence, but must surrender his passport and periodically report to the authorities, federal judge Marcia Cooke ruled.

Prosecutors, however, remain convinced that Martinelli, 65, is a flight risk. They said they would appeal the ruling to a higher federal court.

Martinelli is accused in Panama of corruption and setting up an domestic espionage network that spied on 150 people, including journalists and opposition leaders.

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