What the records say
- When
- 20 Dec 1989
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 8.97° N, 79.53° W
- Description
- military operation during the United States invasion of Panama
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Acid Gambit
Military operation during the United States invasion of Panama
Operation Acid Gambit took place as an opening action of the United States invasion of Panama, on 20 December 1989. It was a U.S. Delta Force operation that retrieved Kurt Muse, a rumored asset of the Central Intelligence Agency, operating in Panama who had been arrested for leading a plot with other Panamanians to overthrow the government of Panama, from the Cárcel Modelo, a notorious prison in Panama City.
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