Panama's ex-dictator Noriega jailed in France

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

PARIS -- Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, fresh out of a Miami prison where he spent two decades, was sent back behind bars in France on Tuesday to await a new legal battle -- this time on charges he laundered cocaine profits by buying luxury apartments in Paris.

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