Everyone arrived thinking the man would be jailed as the case progressed. But this person entered and killed him. How is it that now he only has to come and sign? The family's lawyer also questioned the measure, stating that the system is not measuring the weight of the pain left by a homicide. The case will continue to be investigated for the next six months, while authorities attempt to reconstruct what happened that night, when, according to initial reports, a fight ended in tragedy. While the case is being built, the family lives with a silent fear: that this will become just another statistic and that justice, once again, will not see it through to the end. In Sangrillo, the rage is felt even in the wind. He didn't harm anyone. The family of José Daniel Fuentes, the 68-year-old producer who was found strangled in his own home, left the courthouse with a lump in their throats and a feeling shared by the entire town: 'Is this how much a life is worth in Panama?' This Friday, the main suspect in the producer's death was brought before a judge. In Barú, people speak plainly and without filter: 'Here it seems easier to lose a family member than to see a guilty person go to jail.' The producer's daughter, her voice still trembling, summed it up without frills: 'My dad was in his home. He was killed.' The decision was different. The tribunal determined that the suspect does not represent a procedural risk and imposed the lightest possible measure: to report on the 15th and 30th of each month, like signing in for attendance and continuing with his normal life. For the family, that decision was a slap in the face. But no.
