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 Erm, bombing? Allegations of drug trafficking and money laundering? Links to Hizbollah, Putin and Hillary, all at once? The usual.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very glad the Trump administration didn't Noreiga him. It's a break with tradition, and one I approve of. 
 i see. So if he were protecting US interests IYO, he would have thrown the kitchen sink at them? 

I had to look up "Noriega" on Gemini, and it just refuses to answer any question on "politics" right now. So I'm risking  asking obvious questions.

Perhaps Mr. T has more on his mind than El Salvador. It's a literal standoff, liberals holding him at gunpoint, distracting him from holding El Salvador at gunpoint to change their politics. 

It's a hold-up,  win-win for everyone.