Panama
Casualties and Victim Assistance
Casualties
Casualties Overview
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All known casualties by end 2013 |
3 mine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) casualties (1 killed; 2 injured) |
In 2013, the Monitor did not report any new casualties in the Republic of Panama.[1] The last recorded casualties happened in 2010 when an antipersonnel mine incident injured two border policemen along the Panama-Colombia border.[2]
The only other casualty recorded in Panama since 1999 was in 2004, when a 42-year-old farmer was reportedly killed in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance in Piña, a former United States military range in Colón province.[3]
[1] Monitor analysis of media reports for 2013 (from 1 January to 31 December).
[2] “Colombian rebels planting landmines in Panama: government,” Reuters (Panama City), 2 July 2010.
[3] ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2004: Towards a Mine-Free World (New York: Human Rights Watch, October 2004), accessed on 24 March 2011.