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Noriega

American  
[nawr-ee-ey-guh, nawr-yey] / ˌnɔr iˈeɪ gə, nɔrˈyeɪ /

noun

  1. Manuel Antonio, 1934–2017, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.


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Gordon pointed to arrests such as that of Pedro Inzunza Noriega, also known as “Sagitario,” who had been detained by Mexican forces this year.

From Los Angeles Times

“Ramsés Noriega: De Sonora a Los Ángeles” includes works on paper produced by the artist, an early pioneer of the Chicano Art movement, between 1968 and 1989.

From Los Angeles Times

A former migrant farm worker, Noriega immigrated to the United States from Sonora, Mexico, in the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times

And the US invaded Panama in 1989, and arrested the military leader Manuel Noriega.

From BBC

The strategy is a departure from recent decades, during which U.S.-led forces ousted regimes in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the war on terror, and in 1989 invaded Panama to topple Gen. Manuel Noriega on drug charges.

From The Wall Street Journal