Weasel

Panama's Shadow Ruler Thrived by Betraying Everyone Around Him

Manuel Noriega epitomizes the Weasel's cunning survival instinct, simultaneously working as an informant for the CIA while trafficking drugs and brutally suppressing political opponents in Panama. Like the weasel who slips through every trap, Noriega played the U.S., Cuba, and Colombia's Medellín Cartel against each other for years, always finding an angle to stay in power. His downfall only came when his double-dealing became too brazen to ignore, landing him in a U.S. prison after Operation Just Cause in 1989.