Noriega's Ties
To Costa Rica
Former
Panamanian
dictator Manuel
Noriega went
from being
Washington's man
in Latin America
to the target of
a 1989 U.S.
invasion, as his
rule became
increasingly
autocratic and
he forged deep
ties with
Colombian drug
traffickers.
But Washington
began to
distance itself
from Noriega
after the
headless body of
a foe, Hugo
Spadafora, was
found in a U.S.
mailbag in Costa
Rica in 1985,
and Noriega's
ties to the
notorious
Medellin drug
cartel in
Colombia became
clearer.
Today, Noriega
is in France,
arriving in
Paris on an Air
France flight,
following the Panamanian government announcement late
Monday that it was satisfied by U.S.
extradition warrant signed by the Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
More:
Panama's
Strongman Noriega In France
Noriega: US ally
became foe
because of drug
ties
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