In 1992, a U.S. court convicted a foreign head of state for the first time
A landmark 1992 legal ruling saw a U.S. federal court convict Manuel Noriega, making him the first foreign head of state to be found guilty of crimes in an American courtroom.
On April 9, 1992, a jury in Miami delivered a historic verdict by finding former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug trafficking and racketeering. This was a monumental legal milestone, as never before had a U.S. court tried and convicted a foreign leader. Noriega, once a CIA asset, was captured during the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.
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