Manuel Antonio Noriega Returns to Panama to Serve Jail Term

 History
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno,Military Dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989 was toppled in a U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and has spent the last two decades behind bars, first in Florida and then in France after being convicted for drug trafficking and money laundering during his time in power.
In the 1989 invasion of Panama by the USA he was removed from power, captured, detained as a prisoner of war  and flown to the USA where he was tried on eight counts of Frug Trafficking;Racketeering and Money Laundering  in April 1992. Noriega's U.S. prison sentence ended in September 2007; pending the outcome of extradition requests by both Panama and France  for convictions in absentia  for murder in 1995 and money laundering in 1999. France was granted its extradition request in April 2010. He arrived in Paris on April 27, 2010 and after a re-trial as a condition of the extradition, he was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in jail in July 2010^.A conditional release was granted on September 23, 2011 for Noriega to be extradited to serve 20 years in Panama.

  
Charges Against Manuel Antonio Noriega
Manuel AntonioNoriega was convicted in absentia in 3 homicide cases involving 11 murders, including the 1985 beheading of Hugo Spadafora, a physician who threatened to reveal Noriega's drug ties, and the 1989 execution-style slaying of nine officers who staged a failed coup.
Manuel Antonio Noriega was sentenced to 20 years in each case, and will serve the terms concurrently.

  
Manuel Antonio Noriega Returns Home to Serve Jail Term

Manuel Noriega(now 77 years of age) return to Panama on Sunday Dec 11,2011 to serve a 20-year term for the murders of opponents during his rule.
Panama's attorney general and a doctor will be part of the team accompanying Noriega on a commercial flight back to his homeland, expected to leave Paris on Sunday Dec 11,2011 morning.
Manuel Noriega's return is unlikely to have a major political impact in Panama as his small cadre of remaining supporters has kept a low profile and even bitter opponents dismiss Noriega as part of a distant, shadowy past.