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Manuel Noriega - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 30th May, 2017 - 1:43pm
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Former Panamanian dictatorPost Date: 25th Aug, 2007 - 4:40pm / Post ID: #
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JUDGE REFUSES TO HALT NORIEGA'S EXTRADITION TO FRANCE
A judge refused Friday to block the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega from the U.S. To France, where he is accused of laundering millions of dollars in drug proceeds through French banks.
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QUOTE "Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel noˈɾjeɣa]; February 11, 1934 - May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian politician and military officer. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989, when he was removed from power by the United States during the invasion of Panama. From the 1950s until shortly before the U.S. Invasion, Noriega worked closely with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Noriega was one of the CIA's most valued intelligence sources, as well as one of the primary conduits for illicit weapons, military equipment and cash destined for U.S.-backed counter-insurgency forces throughout Central and South America. Noriega was also a major cocaine trafficker, something which his U.S. Intelligence handlers were aware of for years, but allowed because of his usefulness for their covert military operations in Latin America. In 1988, Noriega was indicted by the United States on drug trafficking charges in Miami, Florida. During the 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama, he was removed from power, captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the United States. Noriega was tried on eight counts of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering in April 1992. On September 16, 1992, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison, which was later reduced to 30 years. Noriega's U.S. Prison sentence ended in September 2007; pending the outcome of extradition requests by both Panama and France, for convictions in absentia for murder in 1995 and money laundering in 1999. France was granted its extradition request in April 2010. He arrived in Paris on April 27, 2010, and after the re-trial that is a rule in France after any in absentia sentence, he was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in jail in July 2010. A conditional release was granted on September 23, 2011, for Noriega to be extradited to serve 20 years in Panama. He returned to Panama on December 11, 2011. Noriega died at Hospital Santo Tomas in Panama City on May 29, 2017, two months after brain surgery." Source 4t
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Post Date: 29th Jun, 2010 - 1:57am / Post ID: #
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Noriega goes on trial for laundering Colombian drug money in France:
Noriegia has denied taking money from the cocaine dealers and claims the funds were from his brother's inheritance, his wife's fortune and payments made to him by the CIA. Ref. Source 2
Post Date: 11th Dec, 2011 - 11:37pm / Post ID: #
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Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega arrived Sunday evening in his home country, nearly 22 years after U.S. Forces forcibly removed him from office.
The 77-year old was expected to head straight to prison to serve time for crimes committed during his rule. He will be flown to and housed in an individual cell in El Renacer, a medium-security facility in Gamboa, the government said.
Noriega arrived at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City.
Noriega's extradition process began Sunday morning with a flight from Paris to Madrid. He was in Spanish police custody during a four-hour layover before leaving Madrid Sunday afternoon on a flight to Panama City, a spokesman for Spain's airport authority said.
Last month, a French court authorized his extradition to Panama, where officials want Noriega to face justice in the killings of Hugo Spadafora, his political opponent, and at least one other person. He was convicted in absentia.
Noriega has been in France since 2010, after two decades in an American prison, where he was convicted of drug trafficking and other crimes.
Last year, a French court sentenced Noriega to seven years in prison for laundering 2.3 million euros ($2.9 million) through banks there. He was ordered to pay the money back.
Noriega denied the charges. Ref. CNN
Post Date: 12th Dec, 2011 - 5:37am / Post ID: #
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Comments: How is it that America feels it can bully everyone that is not part of their own country? If the people really want change then they will revolt and cause the change just like America did with us.
Post Date: 30th May, 2017 - 1:16pm / Post ID: #
Manuel Noriega
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega dies at 83, reports say. Noriega, the onetime U.S. Ally who was ousted as Panama's dictator by an American invasion in 1989, has died, the BBC and The New York Times reported early Tuesday. Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela wrote on Twitter that the death "Closes a chapter in our history." Ref. USAToday.
Post Date: 30th May, 2017 - 1:43pm / Post ID: #
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It's good that this chapter in Panama's history is closed. Noriega was an ally, but he did some bad things. It's quite possible we abetted some of that at one time or another. I don't know all the history. What I do know is, I had friends that jumped in to Panama during the invasion and fought at the barracks.
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