Byline: Combined wire services
Peru said Tuesday it granted diplomatic asylum to a top Noriega associate who is on the U.S. most-wanted list and to 11 others who took refuge in the Peruvian ambassador's residence in Panama City.
U.S. troops have ringed the residence since Monday afternoon.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jose Torres told the Associated Press that Gonzalo Gonzalez, identified by Panamanian authorities as a former captain and chief of security for deposed dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, has taken refuge in the residence and been granted diplomatic asylum by the Peruvian government.
Torres said the 12 would be allowed to come to Peru if they wished, but no discussions had taken place thus far about where they would go.
"It is supposed that they will try to …
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