{"id":62977,"date":"2026-01-03T13:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/venezuelan-leaders-capture-comes-exactly-35-years-after-u-s-arrested-panamanian-dictator-noriega\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:59:27","slug":"venezuelan-leaders-capture-comes-exactly-35-years-after-u-s-arrested-panamanian-dictator-noriega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/venezuelan-leaders-capture-comes-exactly-35-years-after-u-s-arrested-panamanian-dictator-noriega\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan leader&#8217;s capture comes exactly 35 years after U.S. arrested Panamanian dictator Noriega"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump announced the capture of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and his wife early Saturday morning, 35 years to the day after U.S. forces arrested another indicted Latin American leader.<\/p>\n<p>A one-time U.S. ally and CIA informant, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/noriega-a-60-minutes-moment-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Manuel Noriega<\/a><\/span> led Panama for much of the 1980s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was raised in the slums of Panama City and rose to prominence under Gen. Omar Torrijos, who seized power in a 1968 coup. After Torrijos was killed in a 1983 plane crash, Noriega took control of the Panamanian government. He was propped up by U.S. officials, who paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight drug trafficking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Noriega spent years on the CIA&#8217;s payroll, assisting U.S. interests throughout Latin America and acting as a liaison to Cuba&#8217;s Fidel Castro. Former U.S. officials testified that Noriega&#8217;s assistance was crucial to advancing foreign policy interests in South America during that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/05\/30\/375f75a9-03ef-4008-acfa-5c3a7a7f44e8\/thumbnail\/620x726g2\/ed5d218b727b6e719d0d2ff15b7a1b35\/manuel-noriega-march-1988.jpg#\" alt=\"manuel-noriega-march-1988.jpg \" height=\"726\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/05\/30\/375f75a9-03ef-4008-acfa-5c3a7a7f44e8\/thumbnail\/620x726g2\/ed5d218b727b6e719d0d2ff15b7a1b35\/manuel-noriega-march-1988.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/05\/30\/375f75a9-03ef-4008-acfa-5c3a7a7f44e8\/thumbnail\/1240x1452g2\/919957d9109003b3a2d8312ae3c851d0\/manuel-noriega-march-1988.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Manuel Noriega gestures while giving speech in Panama City in March 1988 file photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Gary Hershorn \/ Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Noriega fell out of favor with Washington due to his demands for independence and allegations that he was accepting bribes to allow drugs into the U.S. in the late 1980s. Former President George H.W. Bush ordered the U.S. military to invade Panama in late 1989, sending 24,000 troops to topple Noriega&#8217;s government. The operation left 23 American soldiers dead and hundreds more injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Noriega hid out in the Vatican embassy before surrendering to U.S. authorities on January 3, 1990. He was taken to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges. His fall led to the end of Panama&#8217;s military dictatorship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Noriega was convicted on drug trafficking charges and spent 20 years in an American prison. He was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/manuel-noriega-gets-7-year-prison-term-in-france\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">extradited to France<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in 2010 to serve a seven-year money laundering sentence. In 2011, he was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/manual-noriega-extradited-to-panama\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sent to Panama<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to complete a 60-year sentence for murder, corruption and embezzlement during the military&#8217;s three-decade rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Noriega <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/manuel-noriega-panama-jailhouse-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">gave his first interview<\/a><\/span> in nearly 20 years from his Panamanian prison. He called himself &#8220;the last general of the military era&#8221; and apologized to those &#8220;offended, affected, injured or humiliated&#8221; by his own actions or those of his superiors and subordinates during the military regime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Noriega <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/manuel-noriega-panamanian-dictator-and-drug-trafficker-dead-at-83\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died after complications<\/a><\/span> from a surgery to remove a benign brain tumor in 2017. He was 83. Juan Carlos Varela, Panama&#8217;s president at the time, said that his death &#8220;closes a chapter in our history.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/05\/30\/54a52d61-e281-4355-b254-56a9d1da1003\/thumbnail\/620x413\/c5cbd76ab6511c7caaed95fd2e0d333a\/2017-05-30t052404z-215713577-rc1589b02970-rtrmadp-3-panama-noriega.jpg#\" alt=\"2017-05-30t052404z-215713577-rc1589b02970-rtrmadp-3-panama-noriega.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/05\/30\/54a52d61-e281-4355-b254-56a9d1da1003\/thumbnail\/620x413\/c5cbd76ab6511c7caaed95fd2e0d333a\/2017-05-30t052404z-215713577-rc1589b02970-rtrmadp-3-panama-noriega.jpg 1x, 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