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Updated Thursday, February 1, 2024-23:07

  • Spain Spanish Cardinal José Luis Lacunza, missing in Panama

The Bishops' Conference of Panama (CEP) has confirmed through a statement on social networks that the Spanish cardinal

José Luis Lacunza

has been found alive in the district of Boquete in the province of Chiriquí

(Panama).

The CEP Communication Office reported this Thursday night that the bishop of David (Panama), who had not been heard from since last Tuesday, has been found alive according to what the authorities have told him.

The Spanish cardinal, born in Pamplona, ​​disappeared on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 30, and since then his whereabouts have been unknown. The Chiquirí Regional Prosecutor's Office began an ex officio investigation into the alleged disappearance last Wednesday, January 31.