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DATE: TUESDAY, July 3, 1990                   TAG: 9007030261
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PANAMA CITY, PANAMA                                LENGTH: Short

PANAMA FILES CHARGES, SUIT AGAINST NORIEGA

Panama has filed 16 criminal charges against toppled dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, including charges of murder, torture, human rights violations and drug trafficking, authorities said Monday.

They said Panama is also suing Gen. Noriega for alleged offenses while he ran the military. News reports said the suits amount to more than $5 million.

Gretta Marchosky, an assistant to Panama's attorney general, said the criminal charges were filed by government prosecutors and private citizens.

Noriega was ousted as chief of the Defense Forces by the Dec. 20 U.S. invasion and now awaits trial in Miami on drug trafficking charges. He surrendered to American forces Jan. 3 after holing up in the Vatican Embassy. - Associated Press 


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