The life and times of Manuel Noriega

circa 1980: General Manuel Noriega Photograph: US Attorney Office/AP Photograph: US Attorney Office/guardian.co.uk 1983: George Bush meets Manuel Noriega Photograph: Sygma/Corbis Photograph: Sygma/guardian.co.uk 1984: Noriega with Fidel Castro Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk 1985: Manuel Noriega in Panama Photograph: EPA Photograph: guardian.co.uk 16 September 1987: General Manuel Noriega watches Mexico's Independence Day parade Photograph: Jorge Nunez/Reuters/Corbis Photograph: Jorge Nunez/guardian.co.uk 4 October 1989: General Manual Noriega leaves his defence force headquarters in Panama City after an attempted coup failed to oust him from power Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk Manuel Noriega and his daughter Photograph: Action Press/Rex Features Photograph: Action Press/guardian.co.uk 8 November 1989: General Manuel Noriega talks to reporters in Panama City Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk 2 May 1989: General Manuel Noriega fakes a punch to a supporter Photograph: Manoocher Degathi/AFP/Getty Photograph: Manoocher Degathi/guardian.co.uk 4 January 1990: Manuel Noriega is escorted to a plane at Howard Air Force base in Panama by agents of the US Drug Enforcement Agency after he surrendered Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk 1990: Manuel Antonio Noriega Photograph: Us District Attorneys Office - Ho/EPA Photograph: Us District Attorneys Office - Ho/guardian.co.uk 1992: A court drawing showing former Panama General Manuel Noriega during his trial in Miami Photograph: Shirley Hernderson/EPA Photograph: Shirley Hernderson/guardian.co.uk 26 April 2010: Manuel Noriega is led into Miami International Airport, where he was placed aboard a flight to France. The former army general and one-time CIA informant, now 76, was taken from his jail cell and put on board a flight from Miami. Noriega, who finished his US prison sentence for drug trafficking two years ago, had remained in a Florida prison while fighting his extradition to France Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk