A MONEY LAUNDERING investigation has been opened against Zenon Navalo, the former director of Panama’s garbage agency AAUD, after his arrest on Sunday by anti-narcotics agents in Guatemala..

He was trying to leave the country without declaring $20,000 in cash he was carrying.
Navalo, 39, was arrested at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City.
Navalo led the AAUD during the government of Ricardo Martinelli.
The money was in a suitcase, andwas detected during an X-ray scan. He failed to declare the money on a form required by the Superintendency of Tax Administration, which requires the disclosure of $10,000 or more.