Manuel Noriega
Where each worldview places it
"A paid CIA operative working for the US government illegal drug trade" in Panama, on the CIA payroll at $110,000 a year "while Bush was the Director", and later removed by the man who had employed him[1].
- Controls / directs
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- Answers to / controlled by
- Dates
- 1984 (takes power)
- 1985-12-17 (Poindexter's threat)
- 1989-12-20 (US invasion)[2]
- Places
- Key events
- 1984: takes power "with a mixture of extreme violence and fraud" against Arnulfo Arias, with George Shultz giving him legitimacy[2]
- 1985-12-17: John Poindexter threatens economic warfare after he refuses to back a war on Nicaragua[2]
- 1989-12-20: US forces invade Panama and abduct him
- he is sentenced to 40 years and replaced by drug-money bankers[2]
- Author's claims · 2
- 01Drug Enforcement Administration officials congratulated him and allegedly paid him $4.7 million to keep quiet[2].
- 02He had joint business ventures with George Bush through BCCI[3].