Noriega's Pass Traditional Cache
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Small pill bottle w/pre-katrina Biloxi Grand Hotel Token for FTF
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This Cache is dedicated to all Military (like Myself) That was ever had a run in with PDF (Panamanian Defence Force) while stationed there.
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (born February 11, 1934[1]) was a Panamanian general and the de facto military dictator of Panama from 1983[2] to 1989, despite never being the official President of Panama. He was initially a strong ally of the United States and worked with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from the late 1950s to the 1980s, and was on the CIA payroll for much of this time, however the relationship had not become contractual until 1967.[3] By the late 1980s, relations had turned extremely tense between Noriega and the United States government, due to allegations that he was spying for Cuba rather than against, and in 1989 the general was overthrown and captured in the United States invasion of Panama. He was detained as a prisoner of war, and taken to the United States, and convicted under federal charges of cocaine trafficking, racketeering and money laundering.
In December 2004, he was briefly hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke. Voice of America[4] reports Frank Rubino, Noriega's attorney, said Noriega was due to be released from prison on September 9, 2007.[5] On August 24, 2007, a federal judge in Miami, Florida refused to block a French request to extradite Noriega from the United States to France. On August 28, 2007 Noriega's extradition to France was approved. He is facing an additional 10 years in prison if convicted of money laundering in connection to his previous drug-trafficking conviction. Noriega has also received a long jail term in absentia for murder and human rights abuses in Panama.
Date of birth
February 11, 1934 or 1938
Place of birth
Panama City, Panama
Occupation
Career soldier
Education
Military School of Chorrillos
Lima, Peru
School of the Americas
Fort Gulick, former Panama Canal Zone
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Remarks
Allegedly a participant in the military coup d'état to overthrow Arnulfo Arias.
Promoted himself to General.
Main target of the United States invasion of Panama.
Sentenced to 40 years in prison in July 10, 1992; later reduced to 30 years.
Currently imprisoned at a U.S. federal prison in Miami, Florida.
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