巴拿马前总统Martinelli因洗钱被定罪,在大使馆逗留后在哥伦比亚获得庇护。 Former Panamanian President Martinelli, convicted of money laundering, granted asylum in Colombia after embassy stay.

巴拿马前总统里卡多·马蒂内利因洗钱罪被判处近11年监禁,在尼加拉瓜驻巴拿马大使馆待了15个月之后,在哥伦比亚获得庇护。 Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for money laundering, has been granted asylum in Colombia after spending 15 months in the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City. 巴拿马向哥伦比亚提供了Martinelli的安全通道,哥伦比亚援引了给予受政治迫害者庇护的人道主义传统。 Panama provided Martinelli safe passage to Colombia, which cited a humanist tradition in granting asylum to those persecuted politically. Martinelli声称他的起诉是出于政治动机。 Martinelli claims his prosecution was politically motivated.