Panama's former economy and finance minister Frank De Lima, facing trial on graft charges, was released from jail Friday after posting $200,000 bail.
"Justice has been done," his wife Kristelle Getzler said on Twitter alongside a photo showing De Lima in a car.
The ex-minister was in the government of former president Ricardo Martinelli, himself being investigated for suspected corruption and illegally spying on opponents during his 2009-2014 term in office.
An arrest order has been issued for Martinelli, a 63-year-old multi-millionaire supermarket magnate, but he is in the United States.
A court authorized De Lima's release on bail on February 5 pending his trial.
He was arrested in May 2015 on charges that he and Martinelli skimmed as much as $1.7 million from grain purchases made by a government food assistance program.
Other ministers from Martinelli's time are also being investigated for possible corruption or embezzlement.
Panama’s former economy and finance minister Frank De Lima, facing trial on graft charges, was released from jail Friday after posting $200,000 bail.
“Justice has been done,” his wife Kristelle Getzler said on Twitter alongside a photo showing De Lima in a car.
The ex-minister was in the government of former president Ricardo Martinelli, himself being investigated for suspected corruption and illegally spying on opponents during his 2009-2014 term in office.
An arrest order has been issued for Martinelli, a 63-year-old multi-millionaire supermarket magnate, but he is in the United States.
A court authorized De Lima’s release on bail on February 5 pending his trial.
He was arrested in May 2015 on charges that he and Martinelli skimmed as much as $1.7 million from grain purchases made by a government food assistance program.
Other ministers from Martinelli’s time are also being investigated for possible corruption or embezzlement.
