Daniel Delgado Diamante (1947/1948 – 30 July 2021) was a Panamanian politician, who served as Minister of Justice from 31 August 2007 until October 2008,[1] after he was promoted from Chief of Customs.[2]
He was previously a lieutenant colonel in the Panama Defense Forces and part of the military dictatorship of Manuel Noriega,[3] but was decommissioned when the PDF was dissolved following the United States invasion in 1989.[4]
In July 2008, Delgado announced the government would deny a U.S. military base in Panama, citing the nations' prior history.[5]
He was accused in October 2008 of killing Corporal Andrés García on 8 February 1970, for refusing to follow an order given by Delgado.[6]
The Second Superior Court of Justice filed the file after declaring the criminal action in the proceeding to Delgado for García's death, which occurred on 8 February 1970, in the community of Panamá Viejo, in the capital, informed the judicial organ. In the ruling dated 8 July 2015, it is established that the criminal action in this case in effect prescribed on 20 December 2001, twelve years after the end of the military regime (1968-1989).[7]
