Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (/mænjuːˈɛl ˌnɔriˈ(j)eɪɡə/; Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel noˈɾjeɣa]; born February 11 1934) is a former Panamanian politician and soldier. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989. In the 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States 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.Noriega’s U.S.
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alma mater
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Chorrillos Military School
birth date
1934-02-11
birth place
Panama, Panama City, Panamá Province
order in office
Maximum Leader of National Liberation, Military Leader of Panama
president
Eric Arturo Delvalle, Francisco Rodríguez (President of Panama), Manuel Solís Palma, Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino, Ricardo de la Espriella, Jorge Illueca
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