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Takeover
Colonel Omar Torrijos (1929–1981) liked Noriega and obtained for him the command of Chiriqui, the country's westernmost province. In October 1968, they led a military takeover of the government of President Arnulfo Arias. Noriega's troops seized radio and telephone stations in the city of David, cutting off communications with Panama City. -
Birthdate
Manuel Noriega was born february 11th 1934 in Panama city. Gelsenkirchen, West Germany.He is now 82 years old and still lives in Panama City. -
Manuel got marrried
May 28 1960 he got married Felicidad Sieiro de Noriega.Felicidad Sieiro de Noriega, her three adult daughters, a son-in-law and a 4-month-old he is older know grandson took refuge in the Cuban Ambassador's residence after the Dec. 20 invasion by United States troops that toppled her husband's dictatorship. -
In the Military with presidentf Arnulfo Arias
In October 1968, they led a military takeover of the government of President Arnulfo Arias. Noriega's troops seized radio and telephone stations in the city of David, cutting off communications with Panama City. -
Most feared person in Panama city
By the late 1970 he was considered to be the most feared man in panama.Hes was fered because he was the most wanted person in panama city. Everybody in panama city feared because of this reason -
Murderer
Charges against Noriega mounted in the mid 1980’s over events connected with the blanat and the brutal murder of Hugo Spadafora. This is the reason why he was sent to prison -
Sent to prison
Charges against Noriega mounted in the mid 1980’s over events connected with the blanat and the brutal murder of Hugo Spadafora. This is the reason why he was sent to prison. -
National guard
In 1983 he succeeded in to the command of the national guard.He graduated in 1962 with a degree in engineering. Returning to Panama, he became a sublieutenant in the National Guard. -
The murderd of Hugo Spadafora
September 1985 searchers found his tortured, decapitated body stuffed in a U.S. mailbag on the Costa Rican side of the border. In June 1986 journalist Seymour Hersh reported that U.S. Defense Intelligence agents had evidence implicating Noriega in Spadafora's death and, just as disturbing, that in the mid-1970s Noriega had obtained National Security Agency classified material from a U.S. Army sergeant and had given it to the Cubans. -
Drug trafficker and murderer
Drug trafficker who was allowed to return to panama city in 2011 after being imprisoned . He was serving 20 years maximum term on combined sentences for murder. He still faces trial for the killing of an opponent and the disappearance of two others. He faced 25 years in prison which is about a decade.
