Nicaragua
Refuses To Hand
Over To Costa
Rica Serial
Killer Couple
Wanted In Panama
The Nicaraguan
army said Monday
afternoon that
they would not
be handing over
to Costa Rica
officials the
fugitive couple
that was the
subject of a
manhunt in Costa
Rica and Panama,
wanted for
committing
various murders
in Bocas del
Toro, Panama.
The couple are
currently in the
hands of
Nicaraguan
immigration
officials who,
according to the
Nicaraguan army,
has the
responsibility
to decide the
future of the
couple, who have
been identified
by Panamanian
authorities as
William Adolfo
Cortez (alias
Wild Bill) and
his wife, Jeana
Seana.
Nicaraguan
officials say
the couple
identified
themselves as
William Sectar
Fecbar and Laura
Michel Ruiz,
both Dutch
nationals, and
are being
detained in the
San Carlos de
Nicaragua
immigration
post.
According to a
Nicaraguan
military
spokesperson,
the couple were
handed over to
immigration
officials
because they
attempted to
enter Nicaraguan
territory
illegally.
"The entered
Nicaragua
illegally and
will have to be
processed by
immigration
authorities
according to
law. We cannot
hand them over
to anyone else",
said coronel
Juan Ramón
Morales, head of
the Dirección de
Relaciones
Públicas del
ejército de
Nicaragua.
Morales said the
couple
identified
themselves as
Dutch nationals,
presenting
passports issued
by the
Netherlands.
Panamanian
police, however,
say the couple
are American
citizens and
using various
documents from
other countries.
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