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Essay heading: US Invasion of Panama
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By Fall 1986, members of Congress were growing increasingly concerned about Panama and Manuel Noriega. In June 1987, a former officer of the PDF Col. Roberto Diaz Herrera alleged publicly that Noriega was responsible for the placing of a bomb aboard Omar Torrijos plane in 1981. He also charged that Noriega had been behind electoral fraud in the May 1984 election, had ordered the murder of the Panamanian dissident Hugo Spafadora and was involved in corruption and drug smuggling... displayed 300 characters
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Accusations of his involvement in drug trafficking were abundant. One of Noriega's former military officers, Roberto Herrera had publicly accused Noriega of helping the Medellin Cartel run drugs and weapons. These accusations appeared in the New York Times and other major publications. Noriega had protected cocaine shipments from Panama to the US, sold chemicals vital to the manufacture of cocaine to the drug cartel, allowed the cartel to set up a cocaine manufacturing lab in Panama, protected money shipments from the US to Panama, provided a safe haven to leaders of the Columbian based cartel after they had ordered the assassination of the Columbian Minister of Justice and accepted $4... displayed next 300 characters
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