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Raid at Renacer Prison

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Date
  
20 December 1989

Location
  
Panama

Result
  
American victory

80 airborne paratroopers A team of military police 3 UH-1 helicopters 2 OH-58 scout helicopters 1 (LCM) landing craft medium 1 AH-1 Cobra
  
27 PDF guards and troops

4 paratroopers wounded
  
All killed, wounded or captured 64 hostages freed

Combatants
  
Panama, United States of America

Similar
  
United States invasion, Operation Nifty Package, Operation Acid Gambit

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 December 20, 1989, during the United States invasion of Panama. The raid freed 64 hostages.

References

Raid at Renacer Prison Wikipedia