Manuel Noriega
1934 – 2017 Panamanian Military ruler of Panama
Panamanian strongman and former CIA asset, ousted by U.S. invasion.
- Affiliations
- De facto ruler of Panama in the 1980s; a former CIA asset later overthrown by the 1989 U.S. invasion and convicted of drug trafficking.
Manuel Noriega was the military ruler of Panama during the 1980s and a paid CIA informant for years. As relations soured, U.S. authorities indicted him on drug trafficking charges. The United States invaded Panama in 1989 to remove him, and he was captured, tried, and imprisoned.
In the timeline
- 1983 Noriega's Panama, backed then invaded mentioned
- 1989 Manuel Noriega turns from asset to target central figure
- 1989 U.S. invades Panama to seize Noriega mentioned
- 1989 The indictment and capture of Manuel Noriega central figure
- 1990 Noriega surrenders to US forces in Panama mentioned