Pending the fulfillment of requests for international judicial assistance, the First Judge of the Settlement of Criminal Cases of the First Judicial Circuit of Panama, Baloísa Marquínez, rescheduled the regular hearing of the so-called “Odebrecht” case from November 11 to December 19, 2025. Alternatively, from January 12 to February 13, 2026.
Once this formality was completed, the presiding judge asked three defense attorneys to support their requests made last Friday, January 17, regarding the postponement of the regular hearing date, as several requests for international judicial assistance had not been answered.
The case was subsequently forwarded to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, headed by Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Ruth Morcillo Saavedra, and to the plaintiff, Carlos Antúnez Moralez, representing the Ministry of Public Security, to address the defense attorneys’ statements regarding the international judicial requests (one to Peru and eight to the Federative Republic of Brazil) and the request for a postponement of the trial.
After hearing the parties, and recognizing that the exercise of criminal prosecution is the responsibility of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and that—on the other side—it must be ensured that an adequate adversarial process is met, at 10:00 a.m. Judge Marquínez Morán announced the rescheduling of the hearing on the merits, for which she asked all parties to be present.
List of people going to Trial:
- Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal President of Panama (2009-2014)
- Juan Carlos Varela President of Panama (2014-2014) VP of Panama (2009-2014)
- Jaime Ford Minister Public Works (2012-2014) Housing (2009-2012) Martinelli
- Federico José Suárez Minister Public Works (2009-2012) Martinelli
- José Domingo Arias Minister Foreign Trade (2009-2011) Housing (2011-2014) Martinelli
- Demetrio Papadimitriu Presidency Minister (2009-2012) Martinelli
- Frank De Lima Minister of Economy & Finance (2011-2014) Martinelli
- Carlos Duboy Housing Minister (2009-2012) (Varela’s Party)
- Danna Harrick Director National Council for Sustainable Development (2009-2014)
- Jorge Alberto Rosas Senator of Panama (2009-2014) (Varela’s Party)
Others
- Ricardo Francolini President of the National Savings Bank (2009-2014) Martinelli
- Ricardo Martinelli Linares Son of President Ricardo Martinelli
- Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares Son of President Ricardo Martinelli
- Liz de Sousa Indicted for receiving Odebrecht funds
- Barry Williams Odebrecht Frontman
- Gonzalo Monteverde Indicted for receiving Odebrecht funds
- Paulo Miranda Indicted for receiving Odebrecht funds
- María Carmona Indicted for receiving Odebrecht funds
- Aurora Muradas Ricardo Martinelli’s Mistress
- Aaron Mizrachi Ricardo Martinelli’s brother in law
- Evelyn Vargas Ricardo Martinelli’s sons personal lawyer
- Javier Díaz Minister of Health (2012-2014) Martinelli
- Rodrigo Díaz Panamanian Banker and member of PRD
- Frances Xavier Pérez General Manager of Andorra Private Bank Panama
- Andrés Sanguinetti Odebrecht Banker at Andorra Private Bank Uruguay
- Juan Antonio Niño President Varela’s brother in law
- Juan Carlos Rosas Odebrecht Law Firm in Panama (Varela’s Party)
- Rosa Marie Molino Odebrecht Law Firm in Panama (Varela’s Party)
- Juan Francisco Mutio Odebrecht Frontman
- Michelle Marie Lasso Received Odebrecht funds for Juan Carlos Varela (Varela’s Party)
- Francisco Pérez Ferreira. Businessman
- Cristina Lozano Bonet Businesswoman
- Jaumes Pamies Dolande. Businessman
- Jaime Lasso Received Odebrecht funds for Juan Carlos Varela (Varela’s Party)
- Navin Badka Businessman
- Roberto Brin Azcárraga. Businessman
