Panama's Noriega to be Released from US Prison in September

by DIG THE HEAVY | January 25, 2007 at 06:07 am

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The defense attorney for Manuel Noriega says
the former Panamanian dictator is to be released from a Miami prison in
September. Lisa Ferdinando reports from Miami.

Noriega has been in U.S. custody since surrendering 17 years ago during the U.S. invasion of Panama.

He is currently serving a 30-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering..................

"He has now come to the point where he has served what is known as his mandatory release time, which means the government must release him from custody on September 9th this year," said Frank Rubino, Noriega's attorney.