No confirmation of Barrow’s accusations; P.U.P. says Interpol chief denies report

No new accusations are coming from Attorney General Dean Barrow today with regard to his attempts to implicate P.U.P. representative Ralph Fonseca in illegal activities in Panama. A number of local news organizations attempted to get confirmation from Panamanian authorities concerning Barrow’s charges that Fonseca’s name had surfaced in connection with an investigation of money laundering there, but since Barrow did not name the source of the alleged fax from Interpol it was virtually impossible to get any confirmation. A release from the People’s United Party today quotes Dr. Jorge Modly, a man identified as Interpol’s Director General in Panama, as emphatically denying that there is any investigation in Panama involving Ralph Fonseca and expressing his surprise at the action of Belize’s Attorney General.