The life and times of Manuel Noriega

circa 1980: General Manuel Noriega
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1983: George Bush meets Manuel Noriega
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1984: Noriega with Fidel Castro
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1985: Manuel Noriega in Panama
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16 September 1987: General Manuel Noriega watches Mexico's Independence Day parade
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4 October 1989: General Manual Noriega leaves his defence force headquarters in Panama City after an attempted coup failed to oust him from power
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Manuel Noriega and his daughter
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8 November 1989: General Manuel Noriega talks to reporters in Panama City
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2 May 1989: General Manuel Noriega fakes a punch to a supporter
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4 January 1990: Manuel Noriega is escorted to a plane at Howard Air Force base in Panama by agents of the US Drug Enforcement Agency after he surrendered
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1990: Manuel Antonio Noriega
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1992: A court drawing showing former Panama General Manuel Noriega during his trial in Miami
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26 April 2010: Manuel Noriega is led into Miami International Airport, where he was placed aboard a flight to France. The former army general and one-time CIA informant, now 76, was taken from his jail cell and put on board a flight from Miami. Noriega, who finished his US prison sentence for drug trafficking two years ago, had remained in a Florida prison while fighting his extradition to France
Photograph: Reuters