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THE WEEK, Page 22NATIONGo Directly to Jail
Noriega faces up to 120 years on eight drug counts
In the long and perverse annals of crime, few felons have
matched the dizzying fall of Manuel Noriega: from Panamanian
dictator to convicted drug dealer. He was still the ruler of his
country when an American grand jury indicted him in February
1988 for narcotics trafficking. The following year the U.S.
invasion of Panama led to his arrest.
Noriega's trial on drug and racketeering charges began in
Miami last September and finally ended last week. The jurors
pondered for four days, then declared themselves deadlocked,
with one adamantly for acquittal. The judge ordered them to try
again. Next day, surprisingly, they agreed: Noriega was guilty
on eight of the 10 counts, which carry a possible sentence of
120 years in prison.