The independent pre-candidate Elvis Omar Pérez Barahona, who aspired to be a deputy, was gunned down in a restaurant in the Las Margaritas de Chepo sector on Saturday night, September 17.

According to preliminary reports, Pérez was in a cafe restaurant - car wash, when he was surprised by hooded armed  men, who arrived at the premises and fired  multiple l shots at him.

The gunmen left the body of the pre-candidate stretched out and fled. The authorities cordoned off the crime scene to preserve evidence and begin.

Elvis  Pérez was looking for signatures to become an independent candidate for deputy for the 8-1 circuit, which includes the districts of Balboa, Chepo, Chimán, and Taboga.