The man who served as escort and driver of a  Panameñista Party primaries pre-candidate was shot and killed during an armed robbery at the candidate’s campaign headquarters on Saturday afternoon  October 27.

Jorge Nash was shot while attempting to thwart a robbery which started when a group of armed assailants entered the office on  Transístmica highway, in the Betania district, soon after noon and stripped campaign workers who were in a meeting of personal belongings and cash.

According to witnesses Nash, who was escorting Carlos González the candidate for deputy and former director of the National Land Authority (Anati), struggled with one of the gunmen and was shot.

Nash died minutes after being transferred to the Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital Complex of the Social Security Fund (CSS).

President Juan Carlos Varela and Security Minister Alexis Bethancourt went to the hospital

The Public Ministry (MP) on  Twitter that agents of the National Police (PN) are on the trail of the people involved in the robbery.

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