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'''Manuel Antonio Noriega''' (born February 11, 1934) is the former Panamanian general and the military dictator of [[Panama]], serving from 1983-1989. As the US found that Noriega had contacts with drug dealers, [[George H.W. Bush]] started an intervention to overthrow Noriega. After this Noriega was arrested in a prison in [[Miami]]. He was sentenced for 60 years in prison for [[corruption]] and murdering of political opponents.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/04/panama-requests-extradition-ex-dictator-manuel-noriega-france-face-murder/</ref> At the time of his removal from power, as many as 93% of Panama's citizens supported American military action. He took refuge in the Vatican embassy. The US military played loud rock music to get him to leave. During an unspecified [[AC/DC]] song, Noriega surrendered. As of 2014, he remains in prison.
'''Manuel Antonio Noriega''' (born February 11, 1934) is the former Panamanian general and the military dictator of [[Panama]], serving from 1983-1989. As the US found that Noriega had contacts with drug dealers, [[George H.W. Bush]] started an intervention to overthrow Noriega. After this Noriega was arrested in a prison in [[Miami]]. He was sentenced for 60 years in prison for [[corruption]] and murdering of political opponents.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/04/panama-requests-extradition-ex-dictator-manuel-noriega-france-face-murder/</ref> At the time of his removal from power, as many as 93% of Panama's citizens supported American military action. He took refuge in the Vatican embassy. The US military played loud rock music to get him to leave. During an unspecified [[AC/DC]] song, Noriega surrendered. As of 2014, he remains in prison.
==CIA asset==
Noriega was recruited by the U.S. [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] in 1959, who went on the CIA payroll in 1967, and who became head of Panamanian military intelligence in 1968, where he was in a strategic position to supply both information and drugs to the United States, and later on arms to the [[Nicaragua]] [[Contras]] in an operation based in Panama, [[Mexico]], and [[Mena, Arkansas]]. CIA money was paid to Noriega through the Panamanian branch of [[BCCI]]. Noriega deposited $33 million in his account inder the name of the Panamanian Defense Forces at the Panamanian branch of BCCI. The head of the branch was the son of a former director of intelligence in [[Pakistan]]. The CIA and [[U.S. Army]] only acknowledged paying Noreiga $322,226 between 1955 and 1986.<ref>''[[New York Times]]'', January 19, 1991</ref>
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