Noriega Seeks New Trial
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<i> Associated Press</i>
MIAMI — The Cali drug cartel paid a smuggler $1.25 million to testify against Panamanian Gen. Manuel A. Noriega at his cocaine smuggling trial, two informants testified Monday.
Noriega’s attorneys are seeking a new trial, charging that prosecutors knew about the payoff but kept it secret.
Noriega is serving a 40-year sentence for protecting Medellin cartel cocaine flights to the U.S.
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