Colombian rebels planting landmines in Panama

Colombian drug-running rebels are planting landmines in neighboring Panama along cocaine smuggling routes between the two countries shared border, a top Panamanian official said on Friday. "Panama, for the first time, is finding landmines in its territory," said Jose Raul Mulino, Panama's public security minister, without specifying how many devices were found.

Authorities found the landmines in the remote, densely forested Darien province where two Panamanian border police were injured last week in a mine blast. (Reuters)