Manuel Noriega Part 1: The Narco Dictator
Real Dictators
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Torios and Noriega's Relationships
In October 1969, Torios promotes his ally to Major and gives him a prestigious new posting as commander of a National Guard garrison. With their boss unwinding far away, some of Torios' co-conspirators from a year earlier decide that this is the moment to stage a sick and coo of their own. That night, Torios receives a phone call warning him not to return to Panama. But the veteran guardsman is not one to walk away from a fight. I'm not ready for a life in exile, he tells his aid. I would rather die over there in action than die from sadness here in Mexico. The triumphant return of the General and Noriega with
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