Cool USA Facts!

In 1981, the CIA assassinated Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos via a plane crash, over the Carter-Torrijos treaty, which would return sovereignty of the Panama canal by 1999, and force a closure of all 26 US bases in Panama by 2000, and for his support of the Sandinistas. The US denies the assassination, but refused to allow evidence to be submitted as it would violate the Classified Information Procedures Act.