Word: panamanians
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Canned Pineapple One year after his capture was hailed as a major victory in the drug war, Manuel Noriega sat in a Miami jail while his lawyers haggled with the government over the size of their legal fees and the issue of whether the former Panamanian dictator can get a fair trial...
...Medellin cartel to surrender under the terms of a decree announced by President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo last week. Ochoa is wanted in the U.S. for masterminding the 1986 slaying of federal witness Adler (Barry) Seal in Baton Rouge, La. He is also linked to drug-trafficking activities with former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega...
Last week's drama began after several Herrera loyalists posing as journalists rented a helicopter, then forced the pilot at gunpoint to fly to the island of Naos off the Panamanian coast, where the colonel was being held in prison. Two guards led Herrera to the helicopter, and once on the mainland he went straight to police headquarters in Panama City. Joined by a force of about 100 men, Herrera issued 11 demands to improve the conditions of the National Police. During the night, a contingent of about 500 U.S. troops surrounded the building. Next morning, as Herrera stepped...
While the great majority of the 12,000-man Panamanian police force remained loyal to their President, the fact that Endara did not rely on them to put down the rebellion is a sign of serious political weakness. The Herrera episode was also a setback for U.S. interests in Panama, if only because the American show of force was bound to irritate wounds from last year's invasion that have yet to heal. The U.S. still has 10,000 troops stationed in Panama, but that is a substantial reduction from the 24,000 present right after the invasion...
...hailed the latest ruling as a vindication of its First Amendment rights and began to air more Noriega phone calls. These conversations suggested that the prisoner was making surreptitious banking transactions, a charge filed by the Panamanian government in another court proceeding last week. Meanwhile, four competing news organizations rushed before Judge Hoeveler to request the transcripts of the phone calls...