Noriega extradited to France
Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 9:28 AM
Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is being extradited to France after serving a 17-year sentence in the US for drug trafficking.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed the warrant allowing the extradition to go ahead.
French officials later confirmed that the extradition was under way.
France convicted Noriega in his absence in 1999 for laundering money through French banks, although it says he will be granted a new trial.
Noriega had wanted to be sent back to Panama after finishing his 17-year jail sentence, but in April a US court ruled he could be extradited to France.