Former dictator and ruler of Panama, Manuel Noriega, died at the age of 83 after suffering brain surgery

World News Nilgun Salim
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 Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega died on Monday night at the age of 83

 

Manuel Noriega was hospitalized in March after the doctors discovered a brain tumor, taking his last breath last night at the Santo Tomas Hospital in Ciudad de Panama.

“Mister Noriega died last night”, State Secretary for Communication Manuel Dominguez reported for France Presse.

Via a Twitter post related to the death of the former dictator and ruler of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, writes that Noriega died shortly after he went through a brain surgery earlier this year.

Before he underwent the surgery, Noriega was temporarily released on January 28 from the El Renacer Prison, where he was serving a sentence for the disappearance of his political opponents during his regime (1983-1989).

Manuel Noriega led Panama from 1983 to 1989 and worked closely with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) until he fell into disgrace.

He was vanquished in 1989 when the US invaded Panama and removed its corrupt government, later being sentenced for drug trafficking.

Noriega has collaborated with drug dealers like the famous Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar.

Manuel Noriega has been in prison for more than two decades in the US for drug trafficking and two years in France for money laundering.