Former Panama president Martinelli leaves Nicaraguan embassy for asylum in Colombia
- Posted on May 11, 2025
- By CNN
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Former Panama president Martinelli leaves Nicaraguan embassy for asylum in Colombia

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli left the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City, where he had sought refuge more than a year ago after the courts upheld a money laundering sentence against him, and headed to Colombia where he has received political asylum, the government said late Saturday.