Saúl Méndez Rodríguez (
Colón, 26 December 1969) is a
Panama
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nian trade union leader, general secretary of the National Union of Construction and Similar Workers (SUNTRACS) since 2010 and presidential candidate of the
Broad Front for Democracy
The Broad Front for Democracy () was a Panamanian political party originally founded in 2013.
At the 2014 Panamanian general election, the candidate's party was Genaro López for the Presidency
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in the
general elections of May 2019.
Biography
He was born in the city of Colón, being the son of Eustaquio Méndez, a former policeman of the
province of Chiriquí, and Luzmila Rodríguez, a native of the
province of Coclé.
On 21 May 2025, Méndez entered the Bolivian embassy seeking asylum after arrest warrants were issued in connection with a money-laundering investigation into the union and anti-government protests that it led.
References
1969 births
Living people
Panamanian politicians
People from Colón, Panama
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