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The raid of Renacer Prison
Part of United States invasion of Panama
Raid at Renacer Prison is located in PanamaRenacer PrisonRenacer PrisonRaid at Renacer Prison (Panama)
Date20 December 1989
LocationPanama
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States  Panama
Commanders and leaders
United States Lt. Col. Lynn Moore Panama Unknown
Units involved

7th Infantry Division
82nd Airborne Division

228th Aviation Regiment

  • 1st Battalion
307th Engineer Battalion
1097th Transportation Company		 Panama Defense Forces
Strength
83 paratroopers
3 helicopters
2 scout helicopters
1 attack helicopter
1 LCM		 27
Casualties and losses
4 wounded 5 killed
6 wounded
22 captured
64 hostages freed
American invasion of Panama

The Raid at Renacer Prison was an attack on the El Renacer prison in Gamboa, Panama, by units of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army on 20 December 1989, during the United States invasion of Panama. During the raid the U.S. military freed the sixty-four prisoners held in the detention facility and killed five soldiers of the Panama Defense Forces.

See also

References

  1. "Inside The Invasion". Newsweek Magazine. 24 June 1990. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. John Pike. "Section VI. RENACER PRISON RAID: Rehearsals".
  3. Soldiers in Panama: Stories of Operation Just Cause. Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Public Affairs. 1990. p. 6.
  4. Steven J. Mrozek (15 June 2000). 82nd Airborne Division. Turner Publishing Company. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-56311-364-2.
  5. "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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