Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Noriega Court Trips Cost Over $360,000
Federal marshals say they have spent more than $360,000 on safely transporting Manuel A. Noriega to and from jail since the deposed dictator was escorted out of Panama after the U.S. invasion. The Marshals Service has cited “the extraordinary costs of security details” each time Noriega makes a court appearance in Miami, 24 miles away. The information was obtained by the Miami Herald on a Freedom of Information Act request. The transportation figure does not include the expense of housing, feeding or clothing the former dictator, who is awaiting trial on drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges.
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