PANAMA CITY .- The First Superior Court of Justice denied the defense of the firm Mossack Fonseca after they request constitutional guarantees that seeks to avoid an indefinite extension requested by the Second Prosecutor Against Organized Crime and Economic Order that investigates the leakage of more than 11.5 million documents.

The magistrates based their decision on the importance of national and international research and the seriousness of the crime.

The firm can appeal the decision of the Court and the case would be transferred to the full Supreme Court so that it is the one that decides the future of the case.

The Panama Attorney General's Office had to stop investigations due to the legal protection appeal imposed by the firm.