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==CIA asset==

==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>  

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 the  [[Mena airport]] in 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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