I’m greasy.”
Manuel Noriega –
Overthrown dictator, drug kingpin, jail bird.
February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017.
Aged 83 years.
Most recognized for: After spending years on the CIA payroll for assisting US-backed militants in the region, he got a little greedy. With help form his buddy Pablo Escobar, he turned Panama into the hemisphere’s first “narco-state.” Finally, in late 1989, Bush the 1st decided that enough was enough, sent in the troops, and put Manny in the pokey for 30 years.
