Manuel Noriega
Manuel Noriega (11 February 1934 - 29 May 2017) was dictator of Panama (1983-1989). In 1989 the George Bush administration invaded Panama to depose Noriega and arrest him for drug trafficking, racketerring and drug smuggling. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, serving 17 years after a reduction in his sentence and time off for good behavior.[1]
"There has always been a symbiotic relationship between right-wing administrations and purveyors of 'sinful goods.' As long as the moralizers control the government, the purveyors' products remain officially forbidden. This keeps the price up and inflates their profits -- a perverse system of international agricultural price supports. Would we really be surprised to discover that triple-rinsed coca-bucks have financed Republican campaigns at all levels for years? Alcohol Prohibition gave us Eliot Ness. Drug Prohibition gives us Nancy Reagan, George Bush, Manuel Noriega, Oliver North, the jolly lads in the Medellin Cartel, and, of course, their local distributors over by the school yard."
- Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book.
