Manuel Noriega Part 1: The Narco Dictator

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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For two decades, Manuel Noriega stamped his authority on Panama - first as the country’s brutal intelligence chief, and later, from 1983-89, as its de facto military ruler. A gangster up to his neck in drug trafficking, gun running and organised crime. But also, a key asset of the CIA. How did a poor boy from Panama grow up to become such a chameleon on the world stage? And why does so much of the Noriega story remain in the shadows? A Noiser production, written by Duncan Barrett. This is Part 1 of 3. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.4	It's June the 9th, 1971.
0:30.0	Lately at night, somewhere deep in rural Panama,
0:33.3	Father Hector Gallego, a Roman Catholic priest, is woken from his slumber.
0:39.9	As he peers through the gloom, he discerns the gang of men looming over him
0:45.4	and the unmistakable outlines of the guns slung over their shoulders.
0:50.6	Within moments, Gallego is being dragged out of his heart.
0:55.2	He's hauled through the tropical trees,
0:57.9	then across the patch of scrub land to where a helicopter is waithing.
1:03.0	Hastily, his manhandle has sent it.
1:07.3	The chopper rises into the air.
1:12.4	Gallego looks up into the faces of his captors.
1:16.4	One of them, puckmarked with packed-need scars, he recognizes at once.
1:22.6	It's Panama's intelligence chief, Manuel Noriego.
1:29.2	As the country's spymaster, Noriego has a reputation for brutality.
1:34.5	He's less jade-gahoever and more donk-colyoning.
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