Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega passes away

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Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega passes away

Panama City (Web Desk): Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega died at the age of 83.

 Noriega, who ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989, spied for the Central Intelligence Agency until the United States invaded and toppled his corrupt government, ending a criminal career that saw him working with drug traffickers like Pablo Escobar.

Noriega was initially sentenced in the United States in 1992 but was serving a sentence for murder in Panama, where he eventually died.