Breaking news this morning: Anel Omar Rodríguez Barrera, the General Director of Panama's National Institute of Culture (INAC), was shot and killed this morning near the government building used to administer the national lottery. Apparently four heavily armed delinquents tried to rob an armored vehicle and there was an intense exchange of gunfire between security personnel and the would be robbers. There are people who have been shot, injured, and killed on all sides - the robbers, police and security personnel, as well as bystanders and innocent people who just happened to be in the area. The reports are still coming in and the details are still firming up. Police units are currently conducting a sweep in the area of Bella Vista in search for some of the delinquents who were involved in this crime.

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