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Updated Thursday, February 1, 2024-17:09

The Spanish Cardinal

José Luis Lacunza, 79 years old and bishop of the diocese of David,

in the Panamanian province of Chiriquí, has been missing since last Tuesday and the authorities have launched an investigation, the Public Ministry (MP, Prosecutor's Office) reported this Thursday. .

"The Chiriquí Regional Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, into the alleged disappearance of Cardinal José Luis Lacunza, once the news was received," said the MP through his account on X.

According to local media, Lacunza, a native of Pamplona, ​​left the Bishopric of David last Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. GMT) and since then his whereabouts have been unknown.