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Rubino said during the half-hour hearing that the general had been told Wednesday that protection would be withdrawn as crowds surrounded the Vatican Embassy in Panama City.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...
Noriega surrendered Wednesday night to U.S. troops outside Panama City's Vatican Embassy 10 days after he took refuge there, and was flown into Homestead Air Force Base south of Miami under cover of night yesterday...
Justice Department spokesperson David Runkel said that Noriega was not formally placed under arrest until the C-130 he was aboard was taking off from Panama. Runkel said U.S. officials decided to make the arrest in American territory...
...Endara said Monday that Panama does not have a prison secure enough to hold Noriega. He acknowledged that once outside the embassy, the general would be captured by U.S. troops surrounding the mission...
...Only after the American authorities are done...can we have the opportunity to extradite him to Panama and make him pay in Panama for the crimes and offenses he has committed here in Panama," Endara said after a New Year's Day Mass. "But for the moment...