Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hurt in a prison fall, but one of his doctors says the injury is not serious.
Dr. Eduardo Reyes says relatives of the 81-year-old ex-president reported he had injured his shoulder recently in a fall at the El Renacer prison about 20 miles (30 kilometers) north of Panama City.
He says there were no further problems, though he says such falls can be dangerous for an elderly person with health problems.
Noriega was toppled in 1989 by a U.S. invasion and served a 17-year drug trafficking sentence in the United States. He later was convicted in France of money laundering and was repatriated to Panama in December 2011. He's serving a 60-year sentence for murder, embezzlement and corruption.................................................................................................................................................................
Panama City (dpa) - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, 81, was taken to hospital a few days ahead of the start of a trial against him, the Panamanian daily La Estrella reported Monday.
Noriega, who was the country's strongman from 1983-89, was taken to Hospital Santo Tomas in Panama City for tests, the daily reported. On Thursday, he is scheduled to appear before court in connection with the disappearance of opposition figure Helidoro Portugal in 1970.
The United States toppled Noriega, a former ally, in late 1989, in the so-called Operation Just Cause. He spent about 20 years in jail for drug trafficking in the United States.
Later, he was convicted of money laundering in France and extradited to Panama, where he is currently serving a prison sentence for the murder of an opposition figure.........................................................................................................................................................................
Panama suspends Noriega's trial for activist disappearance
May 20, 2015 - 6:11:57 pm
Panama City--A Panamanian court has suspended the trial of former dictator Manuel Noriega over the 1970 disappearance of a leftist union activist, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Noriega, who is currently serving a 60-year sentence for the disappearance and killing of his opponents, was due to face a new trial Thursday for the disappearance of Heliodoro Portugal.
But his lawyer Ezra Angel said it was suspended because Panama is not allowed to bring new cases against the former strongman under the deal it struck with France for his extradition in 2011.
Noriega, who ruled from 1983 to 1989, has served prison terms in three countries since being ousted in a US invasion.
He was jailed for 20 years in the United States for drug trafficking, then extradited to France and jailed there two years for money laundering.
France then extradited him back to Panama, where he is in prison at the El Renacer penitentiary along the Panama Canal.
He has repeatedly asked to be transferred to house arrest because of failing health, but authorities have refused.
Noriega, 80, was head of the National Guard and the right-hand man to then-de facto dictator Omar Torrijos at the time Portugal was detained by the military in May 1970.
The union activist's body was found in 1999 outside an old military barracks near the Panama City international airport.
Dr. Eduardo Reyes says relatives of the 81-year-old ex-president reported he had injured his shoulder recently in a fall at the El Renacer prison about 20 miles (30 kilometers) north of Panama City.
He says there were no further problems, though he says such falls can be dangerous for an elderly person with health problems.
Noriega was toppled in 1989 by a U.S. invasion and served a 17-year drug trafficking sentence in the United States. He later was convicted in France of money laundering and was repatriated to Panama in December 2011. He's serving a 60-year sentence for murder, embezzlement and corruption.................................................................................................................................................................
Panama City (dpa) - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, 81, was taken to hospital a few days ahead of the start of a trial against him, the Panamanian daily La Estrella reported Monday.
Noriega, who was the country's strongman from 1983-89, was taken to Hospital Santo Tomas in Panama City for tests, the daily reported. On Thursday, he is scheduled to appear before court in connection with the disappearance of opposition figure Helidoro Portugal in 1970.
The United States toppled Noriega, a former ally, in late 1989, in the so-called Operation Just Cause. He spent about 20 years in jail for drug trafficking in the United States.
Later, he was convicted of money laundering in France and extradited to Panama, where he is currently serving a prison sentence for the murder of an opposition figure.........................................................................................................................................................................
Panama suspends Noriega's trial for activist disappearance
May 20, 2015 - 6:11:57 pm
Panama City--A Panamanian court has suspended the trial of former dictator Manuel Noriega over the 1970 disappearance of a leftist union activist, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Noriega, who is currently serving a 60-year sentence for the disappearance and killing of his opponents, was due to face a new trial Thursday for the disappearance of Heliodoro Portugal.
But his lawyer Ezra Angel said it was suspended because Panama is not allowed to bring new cases against the former strongman under the deal it struck with France for his extradition in 2011.
Noriega, who ruled from 1983 to 1989, has served prison terms in three countries since being ousted in a US invasion.
He was jailed for 20 years in the United States for drug trafficking, then extradited to France and jailed there two years for money laundering.
France then extradited him back to Panama, where he is in prison at the El Renacer penitentiary along the Panama Canal.
He has repeatedly asked to be transferred to house arrest because of failing health, but authorities have refused.
Noriega, 80, was head of the National Guard and the right-hand man to then-de facto dictator Omar Torrijos at the time Portugal was detained by the military in May 1970.
The union activist's body was found in 1999 outside an old military barracks near the Panama City international airport.
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