Panama City – Panama Police In Riot Gear Enter, Leave Trump Hotel

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    Security forces stand in the lobby of the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. For the fourth time in one week on Tuesday, police were called to the property due to a fight over Trump Hotels' contract to manage the 70-story luxury high rise after the owners voted to remove Trump's name and fire his hotel management company. (AP Photo/Juan Zamorano)Panama City – Police in helmets and bulletproof vests have entered and then left the Trump luxury hotel in Panama at the center of a management dispute.

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    The employment director for the Labor Ministry said its agents went to the hotel Wednesday to ensure workers were being paid.

    Judith Aparicio said “our visit is intended to provide assurance to workers.” The officials and police escorting them later left.

    On Tuesday, rival teams of security guards grappled in a stairwell.

    President Donald Trump’s family hotel business is in a bitter fight over Trump Hotels’ contract to manage the 70-story luxury high-rise on Panama’s waterfront.

    Led by Miami-based private equity fund Ithaca Capital, the owners of the condo-hotel units voted to remove Trump’s name from the building and fire his hotel management company.


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