The US government had known that Noriega was involved in drug trafficking since at least 1972. It was then when the Nixon administration considered assassinating him. But he stayed on the CIA payroll. In 1983, a US Senate committee concluded that Panama was a major center for the laundering of drug funds and drug trafficking.

The US government continued to value Noriega’s services. In May 1986, the Director of the Drug Enforcement Agency praised Noriega for his “vigorous anti-drug trafficking policy.” A year later, the Director “welcomed our close association” with Noriega, while Attorney-General Edwin Meese stopped a US Justice Department investigation of Noriega’s criminal activities. In August 1987, Elliott Abrams, the State

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