Word: noriega
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...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. (See related story on page...
...gone to bat for Claus von Bulow, Michael Milken and Leona Helmsley. Last week Alan Dershowitz showed up in Indianapolis to handle "Iron Bars" Mike Tyson's appeal. Wonder if he's too busy to help out Mrs. Noriega with her grand-theft charges...
...foreign policy: The Gulf War and Panama: Bush orchestrated the lightning victory that liberated Kuwait last winter. Earlier, after being accused of indecision, he dispatched an invasion force that over threw Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega...
Miami has indeed proved to be a trial for Booth. Actually, two trials: the sensational rape proceeding against William Kennedy Smith, which produced TIME's "Date Rape" cover story, and the drug case starring fallen Panama strongman Manuel Noriega. She is thinking of more than climate when she boasts, "Miami is the hottest assignment around." Outside the courtrooms, Booth reported a cover story on Orlando and finagled 1992's great correspondent coup, a Business lead story on the booming cruise industry. Naturally, duty required Cathy to sample a Bahamas cruise. The bureau also covers the Caribbean, and she has reported...