SOFREP: Noriega Surrendered to Rock in Panama Invasion 1989
- #news
- #headline
Figure timeline
Manuel Noriega
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian military officer and politician who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never officially served as president of Panama, instead ruling as an unelected military dictator through puppet presidents. Amassing a personal fortune through drug trafficking operations by the Panamanian military, Noriega had longstanding ties with American in…
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
politics · Military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989 · politician · military personnel · drug lord · military engineer · also Manuel Noriega, Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno, Noriega
Born 11 February 1934 · Died 29 May 2017 · Q192667
43 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
6 photos · 1 audio
Listen
En-us-Manuel Noriega from Panama pronunciation (Voice of America)
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Award
2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 5,214 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 1,319, with 0 article edits.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #attention
- #spike
- #pageviews
2017· 3 entries
Died 2017-05-29.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
Suffered a brain hemorrhage during surgery which left him in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Hospital Santo Tomás
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Was released from prison and placed under house arrest to prepare for surgery that would remove the tumor
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2014· 1 entry
The case against Activision was dismissed in California by Judge William H
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2012· 2 entries
That Noriega had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, which was later revealed to have been benign
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Noriega was moved to Hospital Santo Tomás in Panama City because of high blood pressure and a brain hemorrhage
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2011· 3 entries
And incarcerated at El Renacer prison to serve the sentences, totalling 60 years, that he had accumulated in absentia for crimes committed during his rule
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
A French court ordered a conditional release for Noriega to be extradited to Panama on October 1, 2011
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
France extradited him to Panama, where he was incarcerated for crimes committed during his rule for which he had been tried and convicted in absentia in the 1990s
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2010· 2 entries
Noriega was convicted by the 11th chamber of the Tribunal Correctionnel de Paris and sentenced to seven years in jail
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Where he was convicted and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for money laundering
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2007· 2 entries
Though his incarceration ended up being extended while extradition requests by other countries were being adjudicated
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Remained incarcerated while his appeal was pending in court
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1999· 1 entry
The Panamanian government had sought the extradition of Noriega from the U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1996· 1 entry
For his role in the death of nine military officers supporting Giroldi; the group had been executed in a hangar at the Albrook air base after the coup attempt, in an incident that came to be known as the massacre of Albr
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1994· 1 entry
Noriega and Heráclides Sucre, an agent of his secret police, were convicted by a jury of the murder of Giroldi, who had led the 1989 coup attempt against Noriega
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1992· 1 entry
Noriega was sentenced to 40 years in prison
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1990· 1 entry
That Noriega had been linked to a series of bombings targeting the U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1989· 2 entries
The PRD-dominated legislature spoke of "a state of war" between the United States and Panama
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Campaign: 1989 election.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #election
- #campaign
1988· 2 entries
Noriega was indicted by U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Noriega was indicted by federal grand juries in Miami and Tampa, Florida, on charges of racketeering, drug smuggling, and money laundering
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1987· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1987).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
However, Noriega went back on this agreement, announced he would be heading the military for the next five years, and assigned Díaz Herrera to a diplomatic post
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1986· 1 entry
A convoluted operation involving the East German Stasi and the Danish ship Pia Vesta ultimately aimed to sell Soviet arms and military vehicles to South Africa's Armscor, with the Soviets using various intermediaries to
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1985· 1 entry
To Harvard University, for a conference on the role of the military in Central America's wars, a speech which received a lot of attention in Panama's pro-government press
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1984· 1 entry
Noriega appeared to reduce the scale of his operations, and even ordered a raid against a cocaine factory in the interior of Panama, a raid which he then emphasized as evidence of his cooperation with the U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1983· 2 entries
In keeping with Noriega's earlier deal with Paredes, Paredes handed over his position to Noriega, newly appointed a general, with the understanding that Noriega would allow him to stand for president
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Brought into its control Panama's customs and immigration apparatus, as well as the country's whole transportation network
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1981· 1 entry
Consolidated power to become Panama's de facto ruler in 1983
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1978· 1 entry
When the Panama Canal treaty was being negotiated, a time at which the Carter government was particularly supportive of the Torrijos regime
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1976· 1 entry
Increasing to $185,000 to $200,000 when he came to power during the Reagan administration
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1972· 1 entry
Promising that elections would be held in 1984
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1971· 1 entry
While he held his position as head of Panamanian intelligence; he had previously been paid by U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1968· 2 entries
Torrijos's government had passed legislation favorable to foreign corporations, including banks in the U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Torrijos overthrew President Arnulfo Arias in a coup
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1966· 3 entries
And Torrijos found him a job as an intelligence officer in the "North Zone" of the National Guard
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Noriega spent many months taking courses at the School of the Americas
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Noriega was again involved in a violent incident, allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl and beating her brother
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1964· 1 entry
Noriega had been posted to the province of Chiriquí, where Torrijos and Díaz Herrera were stationed
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-02-11.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth