Manuel Noriega

Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel noˈɾjega]; born February 11, 1934) is a former Panamanian politician and military officer. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989, when he was removed from power during the invasion of Panama.

From the 1950s until shortly before the U.S. invasion, Noriega worked closely with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Noriega was one of the CIA's most valued intelligence sources, as well as one of the primary conduits for illicit weapons, military equipment and cash destined for US-backed counterinsurgency forces throughout Central and South America. Noriega was also a major cocaine trafficker, something which his U.S. intelligence handlers were aware of for years, but allowed because of his usefulness for their covert military operations in Latin America.

In 1988, Noriega was indicted on drug trafficking charges in Miami, Florida, and shortly thereafter, in the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama he was removed from power, captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the United States. Noriega was tried on eight counts of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering in April 1992. On September 16, 1992, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison (which was later reduced to 30 years).

Manuel Noriega (field hockey)

Manuel Noriega (born 7 March 1950) is a Mexican former field hockey player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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Manuel Noriega Ruiz

Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, (July 24, 1880 - August 12, 1961) was a Mexican stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film director.

Born Manolo Noriega Ruiz in Mexico, he worked in live theatre for many years, performing in his native Mexico as well in Spain, Cuba, and the United States. A pioneer in silent film, he made his first screen appearance in 1907. It is believed some of his early silent films have been lost but his main body of work began in talkies in the early 1930s, performing in close to two hundred sound films. Noriega earned an Ariel Award nomination for "Best Actor in a minor role" for his performance in the 1946 film, "Pepita Jiménez."

Married to Hortensia Castañeda, their daughter Carmen became a singer who married Tito Guízar.

Manuel Noriega died in Mexico City in 1961.

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