On this day in 1988….. Panama leader General Manuel Antonio Noriega was indicted by a U.S. grand jury along with 16 of his associates on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. General Noriega was also charged with smuggling marijuana into the U.S. and assisting a cocaine drug cartel. Before Manuel Noriega became a drug lord he actually had a pretty bright military future, even securing a position with the CIA. [Source] Manuel...