One Dollar Panama: El Precio de la Vida / The Price of Life.

This story tells about daily violence inside the ghettos of Panama. Three main characters: LATIN FRESH music band; a clerk who collects corpses on Panama streets; and LOLO, the leader of CRAZY KILLER one of the most dangerous gangs of Panama.

Latin Fresh, real name Roberto de los Rios Reyes, is a Panamanian reggaeton artist. He scored national hits in 1995, and toured central and South America in 1997. He completed a three-record contract for Sony Music, later signing to Machete Records[1], a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, with whom he released Plan Calle in 2006, an attempt to break into the U.S. market.

The CRAZY KILLER are one of the most dangerous gangs of Panama. Two years have passed since the government passed a law to crack down on youth gangs but the law had never been applied until now. National Police and PTJ units have captured seven subjects that are charged with being the heads of three gangs in the Panama City area. From the "Pentagon" gang the ringleaders "Orito", "Ochufo" and "Vladi", from the Patio Pinel gang "Loco Hugo" and "Franklin," and from the "Los Cofos" gang "Poroto" was captured, and from the "Bagdad" or "Killer Instinct" gang "Cholo Chorrillo" was captured. Under the anti-gang law just being a member can carry a sentence from 1 to 3 years in prison, and those who are proven to be leaders, gang boss, or for providing financial support or weapons can be jailed from 3 to 5 years.

the Mireya Moscoso administration also had a rough time with a spike in crime and violence in the 2002-2003 timeframe and undertook a series of steps that were called the "tough hand" campaign at the time, which was a crackdown on gangs and youth offenders. This anti-gang law was passed on Moscoso's watch but her term ran out before anyone was charged. Now Martin Torrijos is facing the same problems, and in the past year there has been another spike in youth violence, particularly with adults using kid gang-bangers to do their dirty work in the drug trade and hiring them to execute people. Youthful offenders are still treated with kid gloves and in the past few weeks there have been increasing discussions and debate about what to do. The government is apparently taking a balanced approach toward cracking down on the worst offenders and trying to do more with social programs.

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