Prison for Manuel Noriega

PANAMA CITY (AFP) - Former strongman Manuel Noriega was behind bars in Panama Monday, a day after returning to his homeland following more than two decades in jail in the United States and France for drug trafficking and money laundering. Noriegas relatives said they were grateful and relieved that he was finally back in Panama, even though it could mean another lengthy prison term for the deposed dictator, who already has spent 22 years in prison overseas. Gods will is good, kind and perfect. Praise God, said Thays Noriega, the daughter of the former president in a Twitter message on Monday. A military dictator from 1983 to 1989, Noriega faces three separate sentences after being convicted in absentia for crimes.

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