Editing Manuel Noriega (section)

==Return, illness, and death==
In 1999, the Panamanian government had sought the extradition of Noriega from the U.S., as he had been tried ''in absentia'' and found guilty of murder in Panama in 1995.<ref>{{cite news|title=Panama seeks Noriega extradition|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/313360.stm|access-date=May 30, 2017|work=BBC|date=April 7, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Panama seeks Noriega's extradition over killings|url=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/panama/extradition.htm|access-date=May 30, 2017|work=CNN|date=April 6, 1999}}</ref> After Noriega was imprisoned in France, Panama asked the French government to extradite Noriega so he could face trial for human rights violations in Panama.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/es/ex-dictador-noriega-puede-ser-extraditado-de-francia-a-panam%C3%A1/a-15553089 |title=Ex dictador Noriega puede ser extraditado de Francia a Panamá|trans-title=Former dictator Noriega may be extradited from France to Panama |date=November 23, 2011 |access-date=August 30, 2018 |first=José |last=Ospina-Valencia |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=es}}</ref> The French government had previously stated that extradition would not happen before the case in France had run its course.<ref>{{cite news |title = French court orders more jail time for Noriega |url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jvCWgOjvw6ArtGWet56OMUSy1TsA |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100712130634/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jvCWgOjvw6ArtGWet56OMUSy1TsA |url-status = dead |archive-date = July 12, 2010 |date = July 7, 2010 |work = Google News |agency = Agence France Presse }}</ref> On September 23, 2011, a French court ordered a conditional release for Noriega to be extradited to Panama on October 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title = French court clears Panama's Noriega for extradition |date = September 23, 2011 |access-date = October 6, 2011 |website = Reuters.com |agency = Reuters |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-noriega-idUSTRE78M4BV20110923 |archive-date = September 26, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110926001614/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/23/us-france-noriega-idUSTRE78M4BV20110923 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elmundo.es/america/2011/06/19/estados_unidos/1308496860.html |title=EEUU da el visto bueno a Francia para extraditar a Noriega a Panamá|trans-title=US gives France the go-ahead to extradite Noriega to Panama |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |date=June 19, 2011 |access-date=August 30, 2018 |newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |language=es |publisher=[[Unidad Editorial]] Internet, [[Sociedad Limitada|S.L.]]}}</ref> Noriega was extradited to Panama on December 11, 2011, and incarcerated at El Renacer prison to serve the sentences, totalling 60 years, that he had accumulated ''in absentia'' for crimes committed during his rule.<ref name="nytimesobit" /><ref name="Palm 2017" />

On February 5, 2012, Noriega was moved to [[Hospital Santo Tomás]] in Panama City because of high blood pressure and a brain hemorrhage. He remained in the hospital for four days before being returned to prison.<ref>{{Cite news |title = Noriega leaves hospital in Panama, returns to jail |agency=Associated Press |url =https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2012/02/09/noriega-leaves-hospital-in-panama-returns-to-jail |date = February 9, 2012 |newspaper=U.S. News & World Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211043835/http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2012/02/09/noriega-leaves-hospital-in-panama-returns-to-jail |archive-date=February 11, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was announced on March 21, 2012, that Noriega had been diagnosed with a brain tumor,<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-noriega-idUSBRE82K1B120120321| website= Reuters.com| agency= Reuters| title= Noriega in Panama hospital, lawyer says has brain tumor| date= March 21, 2012| access-date= May 30, 2017}}</ref> which was later revealed to have been benign.<ref name=tunoreiga /> On January 23, 2017, he was released from prison and placed under [[house arrest]] to prepare for surgery that would remove the tumor.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-manuel-noriega-house-arrest-20170123-story.html |title= Lawyer: Panama to allow ex-dictator Manuel Noriega house arrest | work= [[Chicago Tribune]]| agency= Tribune News Services | date= January 23, 2017| access-date= May 30, 2017}}</ref> On March 7, 2017, he suffered a brain hemorrhage during surgery which left him in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Hospital Santo Tomás.<ref name="nytimesobit"/><ref name=tunoreiga>{{Cite news|last=Zamorano |first=Juan |agency=Associated Press |date=March 7, 2017 |title=Lawyer: Panama Ex-Dictator Noriega Critical After Surgery |work= U.S. News & World Report |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-03-07/daughters-panama-ex-dictator-noriega-critical-after-surgery }}</ref> Noriega died on May 29, 2017, at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40090143 |title = Panama ex-strongman Manuel Noriega dies |work = BBC |date = May 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gen. Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator, has died at the age of 83.|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/manuel-noriega-panamanian-strongman-toppled-in-us-invasion-dies-at-83/2017/05/30/9c2d77bc-0384-11e7-b9fa-ed727b644a0b_story.html|access-date=May 30, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> Panamanian President [[Juan Carlos Varela]] announced Noriega's death shortly before midnight, writing, "The death of Manuel A. Noriega closes a chapter in our history; his daughters and his relatives deserve to bury him in peace."<ref name="nytimesobit">{{cite news| last1= Archibold| first1= Randal C.| title= Manuel Noriega, Dictator Ousted by U.S. in Panama, Dies at 83|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/world/americas/manuel-antonio-noriega-dead-panama.html|access-date=May 30, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=May 30, 2017}}</ref>