Word: noriega
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...General Noriega refuses to submit to the jurisdiction of this court...because he is a political prisoner brought to this country illegally," Noriega attorney Frank Rubino told U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler...
...judge then entered an innocent plea for Noriega...
Rubino said during the half-hour hearing that the general had been told Wednesday that protection would be withdrawn as crowds surrounded the Vatican Embassy in Panama City. He said Noriega surrendered to avoid further bloodshed. However, the archbishop of Panama said the surrender followed Noriega's realization he had lost all support...
...Washington, a senior Bush administration official said the Vatican Embassy had been planning to order Noriega to leave at noon yesterday had he not surrendered to U.S. authorities. That previously undisclosed ultimatum may have been the final straw that prompted the surrender, the official said...
...Noriega was dressed in olive-green trousers and a khaki uniform shirt with a general's four stars on the epaulets. When questioned by the judge, he stood with a military bearing, with hands clasped tightly behind...