In 1971, Noriega ordered the killing of Father Jesus Hector Gallego Herrera, a young priest heading a Christian peasant ...

Noriega stamped his authority on Panama as its de facto military ruler in the 1980s.

Albert, Steve. The Case Against the General: Manuel Noriega and the Politics of American Justice. 1993 C. Scribner’s Sons. Buckley, Kevin. Panama: The Whole Story. 1992 Simon & Schuster.

In December 1989, more than 20,000 US soldiers descended on the tiny Central American country of Panama. The Americans sought to remove the country’s leader, General Manuel Noriega, who sought refuge ...

The United States had invaded Panama a decade earlier to capture dictator Manuel Noriega, whom Washington accused of drug trafficking. Tensions between the United States and Panama have again ...

The purpose of the operation was to capture Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. The U.S. sent 26,000 troops from the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy to conduct ground and air ...

Panama's government said Thursday it would remain "firm" in defending its sovereignty and the Panama Canal, after a report ...