Word: mir
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assassination of President José Antonio ("Chichi") Remón that raised Guizado from the vice-presidency to his brief 13 days of power. In sparkling Panama Bay. divers searched for the jettisoned murder gun under the direction of the confessed killer himself, hot-eyed Lawyer Rubén Mir...
Amid all the hustle, some Panamanians wondered about Miró's confession that he machine-gunned Remón with Guizado's knowledge so that Guizado could appoint Miró to a high and profitable job. Was that the whole story? Did it somehow seem too simple? Two New York City detectives, who were lent to Panama and helped get Miró's confession, pointedly stayed on for further investigation...
...accused Presidents. They argued that the alleged crime took place when Guizado was still Vice President; the Supreme Court, ruling that the accusation against Guizado was made while he was President, rejected jurisdiction. The Assembly named a five-man committee to gather evidence and prepare an arraignment. (Miró will be tried in the courts...
There, by dispensing favors, Miró could grow wealthy. Guizado accepted, said Miro; the Vice President, a wealthy contractor, had recently suffered business reverses and needed to rebuild his own bankroll...
...Prisoner." Soon after Miró had finished his confession, steel-helmeted guardsmen ringed Guizado's hilltop house overlooking the capital. "I am under the impression that I am a prisoner," said the worried Guizado, talking on the telephone...