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This research paper explained what the crime of damages is in the criminal law of the Republic of Panama. Analyses of the Panamanian and foreign criminal theory, as well as a hermeneutical study of the Panamanian Criminal Code (exegetical method of interpretation) were carried out. The different specific aggravating circumstances that exist in the Panamanian criminal law were developed. A case law of the Panamanian Administration of Justice regarding the crime of damage was also studied. For this purpose, techniques were used to review Panamanian normative sources, jurisprudence analysis and bibliographic review -mainly Panamanian-. It was concluded, among others things, that damages as a criminal offence consists of causing the destruction or damage of a property, personal property or real state, of another person