Word: spadafora
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...News detailed charges that the military strongman is involved in smuggling drugs and weapons, laundering money and selling U.S. intelligence secrets to Cuba. Most damning, Noriega, who as commander of Panama's armed forces essentially runs the country, was linked to the September 1985 murder of Dr. Hugo Spadafora, a leading critic of the Panamanian army. It is widely believed that Noriega forced Panamanian President Nicolas Ardito Barletta to resign after Barletta signaled his intention to investigate Spadafora's murder. Barletta's successor, Eric Arturo Delvalle, quickly came to Noriega's defense. Delvalle told reporters that all charges against...