US supreme court rules in favour of Noriega extradition

Mon Jan 25, 2010

BBC News

The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Panama's ex-leader Manuel Noriega against his extradition to France on money laundering charges.

Noriega wanted to be sent back to his country after completing a drug sentence at a jail in Florida.

In April, a US court ruled the former dictator could be extradited to France.

Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8479373.stm

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