News (Media Awareness Project) - France: Noriega Convicted |
| Title: | France: Noriega Convicted |
| Published On: | 1999-07-02 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 02:49:31 |
World Briefings: FRANCE: NORIEGA CONVICTED
A court convicted Gen. Manuel Noriega and his wife in absentia of
laundering $2.7 million in drug profits through French banks for Colombia's
Medellin drug cartel in 1988 and 1989, before a U.S. invasion ended his
dictatorial rule in Panama. General Noriega, who was decorated as a
commander of the Legion of Honor in France in 1987, is now serving a prison
sentence in Florida on a money-laundering conviction. His wife's
whereabouts are unknown. The French court gave them both 10-year jail
sentences and ordered them to pay $33 million in fines.
A court convicted Gen. Manuel Noriega and his wife in absentia of
laundering $2.7 million in drug profits through French banks for Colombia's
Medellin drug cartel in 1988 and 1989, before a U.S. invasion ended his
dictatorial rule in Panama. General Noriega, who was decorated as a
commander of the Legion of Honor in France in 1987, is now serving a prison
sentence in Florida on a money-laundering conviction. His wife's
whereabouts are unknown. The French court gave them both 10-year jail
sentences and ordered them to pay $33 million in fines.
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