Marco Rubio will head overseas late next week; he's also scheduled to visit Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Rubio would travel to Panama as well as Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.

A federal judge in San Diego has denied a retired Marine’s request to reduce his 26-year prison sentence for killing and dismembering his girlfriend and then hiding her body in the Panamanian jungle.