Panama prison for 5 over toxic cough syrup that killed hundreds

Panama prison for 5 over toxic cough syrup that killed hundreds Panama City (AFP) July 29, 2016 - Five people were sentenced to prison in Panama Friday over a 2006 poison cough syrup scandal in which hundreds of people died after unwittingly ingesting a toxic compound found in antifreeze. The verdict capped years of investigation and a convulsion of shock at the many deaths in this small Central American nation. Officials say 400 people died when they drank the adulterated cough syru ... more

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