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MIAMI--Federal prosecutors yesterday unsealed an indictment accusing Panamanian strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega with accepting $4.6 million to protect cocaine shipments, launder drug money and provide a safe haven in his country for top Colombian smugglers.
The 30-page indictment includes racketeering and other drug-related charges, the sources said
The indictment was presented yesterday to Chief U.S. Magistrate Peter Palermo, who immediately ordered it sealed at the request on Assistant U.S. Attorney William Junge.
U.S. Attorney Leon Kellner of Miami scheduled a news conference for today at which he is expected to announce the indictment. In addition, the U.S. attorney's office in Tampa, which has conducted a parallel drug investigation of Noriega, has also said it will make "an important announcement" today.
A formal indictment may not topple Noreiga, but it will push him into a corner, said former U.S. Ambassador to Panama Ambler Moss yesterday. He compared Noriega to the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos and Haiti's Jean-Claude Duvalier.