Operation Nifty Package

When

23 Dec 1989

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

8.97° N, 79.53° W

Description

1989 Plan to capture Panamanian dictator

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1989 US capture of Panama's Manuel Noriega

Operation Nifty Package was a United States Delta Force and Navy SEAL-operated plan conducted in 1989 designed to capture the de facto ruler of Panama Manuel Noriega who ruled through puppet presidents. When Noriega took refuge in the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, deafening music and other psychological warfare tactics were used to convince him to exit and surrender himself.

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