Noriega jailed for 7 years

FORMER Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was jailed for seven years in France yesterday after being convicted of laundering drug money.

Thu, 08 Jul, 2010 - 01:00

Noriega has already spent 20 years in US custody for drug trafficking and was extradited to France in April.

A prosecutor said millions of dollars passed through Noriega’s French bank accounts during the late 1980s were kickbacks from the powerful Medellin cocaine cartel.

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