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<\/p>\nA US lawyer accused of shot two eco-protesters dead on a busy highway in Panama has a chilling history with guns.<\/p>\n
Kenneth Darlington, 77, reportedly owned an arsenal of assault weapons including an AK-47 and powerful M-16 rifles.<\/p>\n
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The retired US lawyer and professor was seen calmly getting out of his car on Tuesday November 7, before brutally gunning down two anti-mining demonstrators who had caused a roadblock.<\/p>\n
In the horror video of the attack, the elderly shooter can be seen waving a small handgun around, moments before he fires at least two bullets at peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n
Local media in Panama reported that Darlington has been in trouble with the law over gun possession before.<\/p>\n
Back in 2005, police found a number of scary assault weapons -including an AK-47 and two M-16s – in his Paitilla apartment.<\/p>\n
According to NewsRoom Panama, he faced charges over illegal possession of a firearm but was acquitted after claiming the weapons were part of his personal collection.<\/p>\n He was also reportedly employed as a spokesman for Marc Harris, a Panamanian accountant who was jailed over money laundering and tax evasion charges.<\/p>\n Harris was given 17 years in prison back in 2004.<\/p>\n The brutal killing of the two protesters was caught on camera by TV crews and photographers who were reporting on the roadblock.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Hundreds watched on from cars or by the roadside as the nightmare ordeal unfolded.<\/p>\n Darlington – who holds dual citizenship in the US and Panama – was arrested for murder and illegal possession of a gun,\u00a0TVN Noticias\u00a0reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n One of the victims, Abdiel D\u00edaz, a teacher, died at the scene.<\/p>\n Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez, 62, was taken to the nearest hospital but was dead before he arrived.<\/p>\n A third man was also injured and is in hospital.<\/p>\n Panama President Laurentino Cortizo\u00a0said: "I express my condolences to the families of the two citizens who lost their lives in an incident that occurred this Tuesday in a sector of Panama Oeste. <\/p>\n "This is a fact that has no place in a society called to be supportive like ours."<\/p>\n Several roads in the capital were blocked on Tuesday as the Pan-American Highway was also badly obstructed in several places.<\/p>\n The blocks have caused up to \u00a370million in daily losses to businesses and schools have been shut for more than a week across the country.<\/p>\n Demonstrations first erupted after the awarding of a contract extension to Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals to continue to work on an open-pit copper mine in a jungle near Panama City.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24672663-1699458944340.jpg\")
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