(MENAFN) Jailed former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega has been granted house arrest so he can undergo brain surgery, his lawyer has said.
In detail, the 82-year-old, who ruled from 1983 until a US invasion ousted him in 1989, needs to have a benign tumour removed.
His lawyer Ezra Angel successfully argued Noriega should be allowed to prepare and recuperate at home, instead of a hospital or in prison.
Noriega was jailed in Panama for murder, corruption and embezzlement.
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