Manuel Noriega fails to stop extradition

[2-0-Sixx]

A US judge has refused to block the extradition of ex-Panama leader Manuel Noriega to France, where he faces 10 years in prison for money laundering.

A federal judge rejected arguments by Noriega's lawyers that his status as a US prisoner of war negated the request.

Noriega, 72, is due to complete a 1992 prison term on drugs-trafficking and racketeering in Miami in September.

He was made a US prisoner of war after his arrest during the US invasion of Panama more than 17 years ago.

In a 12-page decision, judge William Hoeveler said Noriega's status was not meant "to shield him from all future prosecutions for serious crimes he is alleged to have committed".

Noriega is to gain early release from a Florida prison for good behaviour in September, but a fight has begun over where he will be heading next.

The French authorities want his extradition so that he can serve out a sentence on a 1999 money-laundering conviction obtained in absentia.

But Panama's President Martin Torrijos said he would like the former military leader returned to Panama to serve a sentence for the murder of a government opponent.

Stalwart supporter

Manuel Noriega was once one of Washington's top allies in Latin America, with close ties to former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush Senior.

The Panamanian military ruler was seen as a stalwart supporter in the fight against Communism and drugs-trafficking in the region.

However, in 1988 a Florida court charged Noriega with helping Colombian drugs-traffickers smuggle tons of cocaine into the US.

The White House then added to that accusations of election-rigging and violating human rights.

That led to a US military incursion in 1989 in which hundreds of Panamanian civilians were killed, with some estimates saying as many as 4,000 died.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6963131.stm

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20 Cool points to the first person to add additional details regarding what is bolded in the article (Noriega's ties to Washington)...

 

[TROLL]

he worked for the CIA..

Noriega also was an asset of the CIA for many years in Latin America, including acting as liaison to Cuban President Fidel Castro, according to court documents.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Noriegas-Release.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (born February 11, 1934) was a Panamanian general and the de facto military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989, despite never being the official President of Panama. He was initially a strong ally of the United States and worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from the early 1970s to 1986.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Noriega

{{{{bush sr with his arm around Noriega}}}}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da_6Znjjg2k

 

[enserio]

For those who were too young to remember watching it all go down...Noriega always appeared with then VP Bush Sr in pictures - waving...chilling...

Then all of a sudden dude was jailed an labeled as a dope dealer as if Reagan and Bush had no idea what was going on. They pulled a quick Patriot Games "cover your ass" maneuver on dude and it was apparent to anyone with any kind of common sense.

Now, I'm not advocating that dude was not what he was made to to be, but he was definitely a pawn in the game that got fucked.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

For those who were too young to remember watching it all go down...Noriega always appeared with then VP Bush Sr in pictures - waving...chilling...

 

[Bonekrusher408]

For those who were too young to remember watching it all go down...Noriega always appeared with then VP Bush Sr in pictures - waving...chilling...

Then all of a sudden dude was jailed an labeled as a dope dealer as if Reagan and Bush had no idea what was going on. They pulled a quick Patriot Games "cover your ass" maneuver on dude and it was apparent to anyone with any kind of common sense.

Now, I'm not advocating that dude was not what he was made to to be, but he was definitely a pawn in the game that got fucked.

DAMN, WELL SINCE I TYPED "FUCK ...." IN BIG BOLD LETTERS MY LAST TWO POST....


FUCK THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

 

[Syko Sniper]

Similar thing with Bin Laden..

 

[nhojsmith]

similar thing with hussein....

 

[TOKZTLI]

For those who were too young to remember watching it all go down...Noriega always appeared with then VP Bush Sr in pictures - waving...chilling...

Then all of a sudden dude was jailed an labeled as a dope dealer as if Reagan and Bush had no idea what was going on. They pulled a quick Patriot Games "cover your ass" maneuver on dude and it was apparent to anyone with any kind of common sense.

Now, I'm not advocating that dude was not what he was made to to be, but he was definitely a pawn in the game that got fucked.

And he continues to get passed around and fucked all day everyday. He should have kept his nose clean.

 

[short]

the cia supplied all the coke manuel noriega was pushin