Manuel Noriega, The Former Panama Dictator Is Dead

Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian notorious dictator known as 'CIA's man in Panama who spied for the United State by now his drug trafficking ties led to his ouster in 1989 in what was later the largest American military involve to the fore since the Vietnam War, has died, at the age of 83.

President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama announced Mr. Noriegas death about speaking Twitter at the forefrontTuesdaymorning.

Mr. Varelas late gathering log on, The death of Manuel A. Noriega closes a chapter in our records; his daughters and his intimates deserve to bury him in friendship.

According to a government ascribed who spoke re condition of anonymity said that Mr. Noriega who had been put into an induced coma in March after undergoing brain surgery died as regards11 p.m.Mondayat Santo Toms Hospital in Panama City.

Noriega ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989, spying for the CIA upfront the US invaded in his repressive regime in 1989, ending a drug-trafficking career that connected him once the Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar.