Turning now to waters north of the Sapodillas, the Humilde Viajero - a Panamanian flagged vessel carrying diesel is still moored in the waters off the Big Creek Port.
The vessel has fake documents, a suspect crew and a dubious cargo - but, still, Customs and the Department of the Environment seem unsure of what to do with it.
But when he spoke about it yesterday the PM said government will seize the fuel cargo:
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"What we have said is we have seized that tanker and whoever is responsible for that tanker will have to answer in a court of Law and if necessary, we are going to seize those 50 thousand gallons of Diesel to put to use for, we're going to sell it to PUMA and to be able to help us with the challenges we're facing."
"From what it seems, this tanker just showed up, there's no documentation, I'm told not even the captain said they didn't know who they had there and no invoice no nothing and then all of a sudden some paper come up so we're doing a full investigation, we have the attorney general's ministry working with DOE, working with the customs department to ensure that if there is anything that was done unbecoming, or anything that was done illegally that we're going to deal with it to the fullest extent."
We note that while the PM seems to have clarity on it, there have been complaints that the Customs Department and the DOE seem to be dragging their feet.
