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Lawyers for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega asked a federal judge on Wednesday to block his extradition to France, where he faces money laundering charges. read more »
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Panama's Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro said Thursday that Panama will try to extradite former president Manuel Antonio Noriega from France if he arrived in the European country to face money laundering charges from the United States. read more »
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It’s worth remembering how badly the United States mishandled the Panamanian misadventure, which led to the loss of hundreds of lives and cost us politically throughout the region. read more »
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Manuel Noriega's drug racketeering prison sentence ended Sunday, but the former Panamanian dictator remained in the same institution he has called home the past 15 years awaiting the outcome of a legal fight over his possible extradition to France. read more »
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Ex-dictator Manuel Noriega is battling from his Miami jail cell to avoid going to trial in France, stirring renewed controversy 17 years after the United States invaded Panama to capture its former ally whose drug trafficking had become an embarrass read more »
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Manuel Antonio Noriega presented another motion to try to stop his extradition to France, where he is has been tried and condemned in absentia for money laundering, according to one of Noriega's lawyers. read more »
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