Panama strongman Noriega sent back to jail

10/02/12 07:11 CET

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Ex-Panama strongman Manuel Noriega has been discharged from hospital and sent back to jail.

Noriega fainted due to high blood pressure five days ago; doctors had feared that he had suffered from a stroke.

He was deported from France to Panama in December and is being held in solitary confinement for crimes commited during his six-year rule between 1983 and 1989.

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