The deputy director-general of the Public Registry of Panama, Agustín Lara Díaz, was murdered in broad daylight on Sunday morning November 14, while he was participating in a registration process for the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) in San Miguelito).

According to preliminary reports, two hitmen arrived on a motorcycle at the sports complex where the political activity was taking place. One of them went to find Lara Díaz and pumped several bullets into his. The killers then fled.

Lara Díaz was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The motive for this murder is still unknown. “It is a case that is just happening. We are establishing the lines of investigation, ”said John Dornheim Castillo, director-general of the National Police.

It is the second assassination of a prominent PRD activist in recent months. The last one, also in broad daylight,  was on the Corridor Sur.