Panama's Noriega Asks US Supreme Court To
Block Extradition
By Curt Anderson
MIAMI (AP) — Former Panamanian dictator
Manuel Noriega is asking the U.S. Supreme
Court to stop his extradition to France to
face money-laundering charges.
Attorneys for Noriega filed papers Tuesday
seeking a Supreme Court review. Three
federal judges in Miami and a federal
appeals court have refused to stop the
extradition. The Supreme Court will likely
decide whether to hear Noriega's case in the
fall.
Noriega contends that the Geneva Conventions
rules for prisoners of war require that he
be returned home to Panama. Noriega was
declared a POW by a federal judge after his
1992 conviction on U.S. drug racketeering
charges. Noriega finished serving his prison
sentence in 2007.
Noriega was ousted from power after the 1989
U.S. invasion of Panama.
2002 - 2009
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