Captured!

 
The back story & an IMPORTANT Lesson to area Foreign National Business and Land Owners:

Manhunt on for Murder Suspects of Ex-pat and Foreign National Victims

Friday, July 23 2010

In April 2003, Michael Watson Brown and his wife Manchittha Nankratoke "Nan" Brown purchased more than 18 hectares - about 45 acres - located in the area known as Cauchero, Bocas del Toro province, Panama.  They purchased this large parcel of coastal property using their company "Latitude 9.10 Inc.". 

Two years later in April 2005, Panama's Ministry of Agricultural Development issued resolution number DAL-030-ADM-2005 in favor of Michael Watson Brown and his wife Manchittha Nankratoke de Brown which certified them as agricultural producers. This document indicates the Brown family intended to grow pineapple, papaya, mango, oranges, avocado, plantain,and passion fruit on their land. These people have been missing for about three years.

Don Winner of Panama-Guide.com received the following email:

"Hi I am the daughter of Mike Brown. Daddy was living in Panama with my brother Watson Brown and my stepmother Nam. They too went missing with him 3 years ago. I have not been able to contact the Panama police.  Do you have any more information on what happened or are you able to give me some information on how to contact the Panama police department?? Thank you in advance."

Who Took Over the Property

On 2 May 2008 documents were filed in the Panamanian Public Registry making William "Wild Bill" Adolfo Córtez (pictured above) the new Director, President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Panamanian corporation "Latitude 9.10 Inc.".  His wife Jane Seana Córtez was named as a Director of the company.  These legal documents allowed Bill and Jane Córtez to take over the property being as it was owned by the corporation they now controlled.

Bodies Discovered

On 20 July 2010 after tips to police, the bodies of Cheryl Lynn Hughes and Bo Icelar were discovered on this same parcel of land.  Cher Hughes disappeared in March 2010.  She ran a backpacker hostel that Cortez later operated.  Bo Icelar vanished in December 2009 after Córtez supposedly purchased his tourism business. Law enforcement officials in the Republic of Panama have made a positive identification of Bo Icelar's body using dental records provided from the United States and Cher Hughes remains were identified by her husband. Reportedly both victims were murdered with gunshots to the head.

Fox News KTVI St. Louis - Channel 2 story and video coverage of Cher Hughes murder investigation (with pictures of victim & suspects)

The "Brown" Family

"Mike Brown", the original owner of the land 'occupied' by William Córtez, and his family where preliminarily identified as:  

• Michael Watson Brown, a citizen of the Netherlands, holder of passport number NB0865469. Married, from the Dutch Antilles, resident of Street 4A, Community of Aguacate, area of Tierra Oscura, province of Bocas del Toro.

• Manchittha Nankratoke "Nan" Brown, a citizen of the Netherlands, holder of passport number M18119733, Michael's wife.

• Watson Brown, Michael's son.

Relatives of Mike Brown have been looking for them for more than three years, but they likely didn't file an official missing persons complaint with Panamanian officials because "Mike Brown" was actually a man named Michael Francis Salem who has been running from law enforcement officials in Florida for almost 30 years. 

A detective in Florida spotted the alias of "Michael Watson Brown" during coverage of this Central American story and recognized him as the man who has been wanted in Florida for almost three decades for drug trafficking and the kidnapping of two police officers during a successful escape from custody.

Mr. Salem was a U.S. citizen originally from Pennsylvania before he relocated while on the run to the Caribbean tocontinue his career as a drug trafficker. That's where he picked up hisfake Dutch passport allowing him to travel Internationally. 

Now that the activities of "Wild Bill" and Jane Córtez have come to light, extended members of the "Brown" (Salem) family are concerned they are no longer on the run but instead victims of murderers with their own set of fake Dutch passports [seems to be a trend].

TVN Noticias Panama- Channel 2 video coverage of "Wild Bill" Córtez investigation  (in Spanish; with pictures of suspects & victims)

Bill Córtez On The Run

According to sources, about two weeks ago Bill Córtez contacted someone in Costa Rica because he wanted to buy a car. The person drove the car down to the area of the border between Panama and Costa Rica. Bill Córtez crossed the border illegally, without going through Immigration checkpoints. They went into a lawyer's office in Costa Rica and legal ownership of the vehicle was transferred.  He paid with an envelop full of cash and left.  Authorities in Costa Rica have been alerted and are now actively searching for him there was well.

New Alias

"Wild Bill" Córtez reportedly used the name "Josef Eiser" to purchase the vehicle, meaning he may have had some identification and travel documents issued in this name as well.

INTERPOL Red Alert Issued

Panama's Attorney General Giuseppe Bonissi issued a "Red Alert" and asked INTERPOL for assistance in locating William "Wild Bill" Adolfo Córtez Reese and his wife Jane Seana Córtez. Preliminary information indicates this pair might have left a trail of dozens of murder victims in multiple countries including Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica and Panama. 

Sunday, July 25 2010

The Mountains of Turrialba, Costa Rica

Costa Rica national police (Fuerza Publica) and Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) acting on information fugitives "Wild Bill" and Jane Córtez entered the Republic of Costa Rica through Paso Canoas and rented a cabin in a town in the "Cartaginés" region off an ad on Craigslist, set-up roadblocks at various points in the Cartago Province aimed at arresting the suspects. However, media reports may have alerted the couple to the police response.



Monday, July 26 2010

Captured!

Government officials from both Costa Rica and Panama have confirmed the capture of the fugitives William “Wild Bill” Adolfo Córtez Reese and his wife Jane Seana Cortez.

The couple, who the police were looking for in the area of Santa Cruz in Turrialba, Costa Rica were detained in the territorial waters of the San Juan River in Nicaragua.

According to police reports, the couple stayed at a little cabin the previous night along the Sarapiquí River. They were driving the gray Nissan highlighted in this article.

In the morning they hired a boat to take them up the river towards the border with Nicaragua. The owner of the cabins where they stayed recognized them as the fugitives in the news and notified authorities.

Upstream the couple ran into a Costa Rican national police (Fuerza Publica) checkpoint  intended to stop them.  "Wild Bill” who is 280 pounds and six feet tall grabbed the boat man and threw him into the river, took the helm and accelerated in an attempt to speed away.  They made it as far as the “mouth” of the Sarapiquí River when a Nicaraguan Army patrol boat  armed with machine guns gave chase on the San Juan River between the borders of Costa Rica and Nicaragua.  Eventually overtaken by the faster and more powerful Nicaraguan Army vessel, big bad “Wild Bill” Córtez gave up without a struggle.  So much for “blaze of glory” theories, eh?

Kudos to Don Winner from Panama-Guide.com for ALL his outstanding work ... you got these guys Don!

Source and Updates here ->  Panama-Guide.com