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Press Statement
Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman
Washington , DC
September 1, 2007

Election of Panamanian National Assembly President Pedro Miguel Gonzalez-Pinzon

  The United States is deeply disappointed that the Panamanian National Assembly elected Pedro Miguel Gonzalez-Pinzon from among all its members to be Assembly President.

Gonzalez and others have been indicted in the United States on charges including first degree murder, conspiracy to murder, and attempted murder of a U.S. national in the killing of U.S. Army Sergeant Zak Hernandez-Laporte and the attempted murder of U.S. Army Sergeant Ronald T. Marshall in an assault near Chilibre on June 10, 1992 . There is an outstanding arrest warrant for Gonzalez.

The United States wants those responsible for the murder of Sergeant Zak Hernandez-Laporte and the attempted murder of Sergeant Ronald Marshall to face justice.

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