Noriega Extradited to France
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MEXICO CITY — Two decades after United States troops invaded Panama and arrested Manuel Noriega, the country’s dictator, Mr. Noriega left federal prison in Miami on Monday and was extradited to France.
After the State Department authorized his extradition, Mr. Noriega was put on an Air France flight for Paris, said one of his lawyers, John May. Mr. Noriega had lost a court battle seeking to be returned to Panama after completing a federal prison term.
In 1999, he was convicted in France in absentia of laundering more than $3 million in drug profits by buying luxury apartments there. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. France has agreed to hold a new trial.
Mr. Noriega was also convicted in Panama of ordering the murder of political opponents, as well as embezzlement and corruption.
Despite the more serious charges there, Mr. Noriega, who is in his seventies, fought to return to Panama. Elderly prisoners there are permitted to serve prison terms at home.
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By ELISABETH MALKIN
Published: April 26, 2010
After the State Department authorized his extradition, Mr. Noriega was put on an Air France flight for Paris, said one of his lawyers, John May. Mr. Noriega had lost a court battle seeking to be returned to Panama after completing a federal prison term.
In 1999, he was convicted in France in absentia of laundering more than $3 million in drug profits by buying luxury apartments there. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. France has agreed to hold a new trial.
Mr. Noriega was also convicted in Panama of ordering the murder of political opponents, as well as embezzlement and corruption.
Despite the more serious charges there, Mr. Noriega, who is in his seventies, fought to return to Panama. Elderly prisoners there are permitted to serve prison terms at home.
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By ELISABETH MALKIN
Published: April 26, 2010
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artemis6
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He didn't have nukes . North Korea gets away with **it , because it DOES . We are a corporate empire .
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artemis6
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ozoneocean
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I still find the entire saga of his "arrest" highly perplexing. It's one of the best examples of the "empire America" and the old colonialist gunboat attitude that the US inherited from Britain, France and Spain.- sovereignty means nothing (if you're a little guy), might makes right and the new boss is the same as the old boss.
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ozoneocean
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With time off for good behavior and other credits, he was scheduled to be released in September 2007. He remained in prison, though, as he fought extradition to France.
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