French prosecutors seek 10-year term for Noriega
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The prosecutor in a French money laundering case against former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega asked Wednesday that he be sentenced to 10 years in prison, but his defense lawyers countered that the charges were part of a political plot against him.
Prosecutor Michel Maes insisted that millions of dollars that passed through Noriega's French accounts during the late 1980s were kickbacks from the powerful Medellin cocaine cartel. He also asked for the seizure of 2 million euros ($2.5 million) that has long been frozen in the accounts. (AP)
