1.   Left behind, along a dusty stretch of the Pan-American Highway, hundreds of Panamanian police sit fiddling with their rifles.

2.   Rodriguez allegedly worked for Jose Castrillon Henao, with ties to the Cali drug smuggling cartel, who was arrested in April by Panamanian police.

3.   Then came the anonymous phone calls, including one he received shortly after accompanying a group of Panamanian police as they tried to intercept a drug shipment.

4.   Panamanian police search the jungles and boats speed through the Panama Canal on Friday in pursuit of Cubans who escaped during riots.

5.   Panamanian police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters taking part in a rally called by students and unions against an increase of the public transportation fares.

6.   Although it never announced what it was doing there, media reports at the time suggested they may have been training Panamanian police.

7.   Castro later announced at a news conference that Cuba will ask for the extradition of Luis Posada Carriles and three other men detained Friday by Panamanian police.

8.   During that self-imposed exile Bucaram was briefly detained by Panamanian police, who said he had two pounds of cocaine in his car.

9.   In the last six months, dozens of confrontations have erupted between Panamanian police and armed Colombian groups in the area, leaving numerous Panamanian police injured.

10.   In the past seven months, dozens of confrontations have erupted between Panamanian police and armed Colombian groups in the area, leaving numerous Panamanian police injured.