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...first time he called on Panama's General Manuel Antonio Noriega, in September 1983, says Steven Kalish, he brought along a briefcase containing $300,000 in cash. When the meeting ended, Kalish left the satchel behind. "Noriega called me back," Kalish says, "and said I forgot my briefcase. I told him it was for him, and he smiled...
...drug dealer, told a congressional subcommittee last week. His testimony was the most damaging public testimony so far linking the Panamanian strongman to drug-smuggling operations. Kalish testified that he gave at least $650,000 to the general and his associates to help with drug deals and money laundering. Noriega had no comment on the charges. Meanwhile, a Miami grand jury is conducting a separate inquiry into drug-trafficking allegations against Noriega...
When Colombia's anti-drug minister of justice, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, was assassinated by traffickers, Noriega allowed the cartel leaders to shift their operations to Panama to escape a crackdown in their own country...
...Justice Department reportedly will ask the State Department to notify Noriega of the charges through diplomatic channels...
...Noriega told CBS News Thursday night that the federal indictment "is strictly a political act aimed at frightening me and other nationalistic Latin American leaders who dare to criticize the United States...