Panama City (CNN) -- His fate uncertain, Manuel Noriega is being returned Sunday to Panama, nearly 22 years after the former dictator was forcibly removed from office by U.S. forces. Now 77, Noriega is being extradited this weekend from France, which got Noriega in April 2010 after he spent two decades in an American prison. Panamanian officials want him to face justice in the case of the killing of Hugo Spadafora, a doctor and political opponent of Noriega. Noriega was convicted in absentia of being involved with the kidnapping and killing of Spadafora in 1985. After a stop in Spain, Noriega is expected to arrive late Sunday afternoon in Panama City.
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The former strongman is expected to arrive in Panama late Sunday afternoon
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Panamanian officials want him to face justice there
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The former dictator has been convicted of crimes in the United States and France
Noriega inspires very big emotions, and @placeholder's life could very well be at risk in Panama," Henriquez said.