February 11, 2012 9:36 AM
- Text
Noriega leaves hospital in Panama, returns to jail
PANAMA CITY — Medical authorities in Panama say former dictator Manuel Noriega has left a hospital four days after fainting in the prison where he is serving time for murder, embezzlement and corruption.
Health Minister Franklin Vergara says the ex-strongman was returned to the custody of Public Security Ministry officials Thursday.
The 77-year-old Noriega was taken to a hospital Sunday after suffering what appeared to be ill effects of hypertension.
Noriega was toppled by a 1989 U.S. invasion and served 17 years in a U.S. prison for drug trafficking. He was later convicted in France of money laundering.
France sent him home on Dec. 11 to serve a combined 60-year Panamanian prison sentence on murder, embezzlement and corruption charges.
© 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Health Minister Franklin Vergara says the ex-strongman was returned to the custody of Public Security Ministry officials Thursday.
The 77-year-old Noriega was taken to a hospital Sunday after suffering what appeared to be ill effects of hypertension.
Noriega was toppled by a 1989 U.S. invasion and served 17 years in a U.S. prison for drug trafficking. He was later convicted in France of money laundering.
France sent him home on Dec. 11 to serve a combined 60-year Panamanian prison sentence on murder, embezzlement and corruption charges.
Add A Comment +
Popular Now in World
- Vatican in chaos after butler arrested for leaks
- U.N. observer head: 32 children killed in Syria
- Dozens of children killed in new Syria attack
- Vatican in chaos after butler arrested for leaks
- Blind China activist's brother returns to village
- Everest climbers find new body, raising death toll
- Mexico: Boy's eyes gouged out in apparent ritual
- Mexican coast braces itself for Hurricane Bud
- Vatican in chaos after butler arrested for leaks
- Teen rape video circulates online in S. Africa
- Fight in Ukraine parliament over language bill
- S.African president opens case against artist
- Weakened Bud brushes Mexico's Pacific coast
- Random shooter kills 2, wounds 7 in Finland
- Climbers go for Everest summit days after deaths
- Climber, 73, finally felt old at summit of Everest
