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Manuel Noriega

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Manuel Noriega was born on February 11, 1938. He was born in Panama City, Panama. His parent were Ricautre Noriega and his mother was Maria Feliz Morena.

  • Jail

    Jail
    He served long sentences from murder. He served when he came back to Panimal on Dec 11. He had connection with his rule in the 1980s.

  • School

    School
    Noriega was part of a poor family. However, he went to one of the most prestigious schools in Panama. He went to a military school off of a scholarship. He then started in the military in 1983

  • General

    General
    He promoted himself to full general of the armed forces in 1983. He had a confusing relationship with the US. He was informant for American drug and Intelligence agencies to shady adversary.

  • Colombian Drug Cartels

    Colombian Drug Cartels
    In 1985 Panama has increased the torture and murder of Dr. Hugo Spadafora. He was a long time critic. He had also had publicly accused Mr.Noriega of being a member of the Colombian drug cartels.

  • Removed

    Removed
    In 1986 the United States Senate approved to remove Noriega from the Defense Forces. They charged him for corruption, election fraud, murder and drug trafficking. Panama then cut off of his foreign debt payments.

  • Accused

    Accused
    Noriega was indicted in 1988 in Miami and Florida. He had narcotic-trafficking and money-laundering He was accused of turning Panama into a shipping platform for cocaine.Drugs proceeds were hidden in Panamanian banks.

  • Aggressive Movement

    Aggressive Movement
    In 1989 he was more belligerent, and American patience ran out. As a result lawmakers in Washington worried about the turnover of the canal. There starting having more questions about ties to drug traffickers.

  • Violent

    Violent
    Noriega on turned more violent in 1989. Especially towards political opponents. He set fear in anti-riot units.

  • Sentenced

    Sentenced
    The US was going to release Noriega on parole in september 2007 after his sentence was reduced half for good behavior. There was a extradition fight and after he was sent to France for another trial. He convicted again because of the money-laundering charges.

  • Death

    Death
    He died on May 29, 2017 in Panama City. He had complication during brain surgery. He had a Interacerebral hemorrhage. He was 83 when he died.