Noriega can't stop extradition to France

BBC:

A US judge has refused to block the extradition of ex-Panama leader Manuel Noriega to France, where he faces 10 years in prison for money laundering.

A federal judge rejected arguments by Noriega's lawyers that his status as a US prisoner of war negated the request.

Noriega, 72, is due to complete a 1992 prison term on drugs-trafficking and racketeering in Miami in September.

He was made a US prisoner of war after his arrest during the US invasion of Panama more than 17 years ago.

In a 12-page decision, judge William Hoeveler said Noriega's status was not meant "to shield him from all future prosecutions for serious crimes he is alleged to have committed".

Noriega is to gain early release from a Florida prison for good behaviour in September, but a fight has begun over where he will be heading next.

The French authorities want his extradition so that he can serve out a sentence on a 1999 money-laundering conviction obtained in absentia.

But Panama's President Martin Torrijos said he would like the former military leader returned to Panama to serve a sentence for the murder of a government opponent.

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It sounds like he will have some place to go after he does his time in the Bastille, or wherever the French are housing prisoners these days. Perhaps they can pipe in some loud rock music to remind him of his last days in Panama. He is a thug that does not deserve freedom.

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