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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...
...gone to Guizado, he testified, and offered a deal: Miró would liquidate Remón, making Guizado President, if Guizado would promise Miró the key job of Minister of Government and Justice...
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...