A judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, giving his lawyers time to argue that his rights would not be fully protected there.Noriega's lawyers had asked Senior U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler to stop the extradition to face French money laundering charges after Noriega's scheduled release from a U.S. prison this weekend.
Defense attorneys have argued that Noriega should be sent back to Panama because he is a prisoner of war who merits the protections of the Geneva Conventions. They claim that there is "substantial reason" to believe that France instead intends to treat Noriega as a "common criminal."
Wait a minute. Isn't that what he is in France? A money launderer.
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