 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekufa kwaArias muna 1988, Endara akazove anopikisa mukuru wehurumende yechiuto yaManuel Noriega, achitungamira mubatanidzwa wevanopikisa musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza1989. Kunyange zvazvo mubatanidzwa wake wakanga watongwa nevatariri venyika dzakawanda kuti wakanga wakunda mukwikwidzi weNoriega Carlos Duque, mhedzisiro yacho yakabviswa nehurumende, uye Endara nevamwe vake vakamhanya vakarwiswa mumigwagwa nemasoja eDignity Battalions. Kurwiswa kwacho kwakapararira zvikuru munhau dzenyika yose, kuchibetsera kuvaka tsigiro mukati meU.S. nokuda kwechiito chemauto mukurwisana naNoriega. Mwedzi minomwe gare gare, United States yakapinda muPanama. Endara akapikirwa kuva purezidhendi mutsva pausiku hwokutanga hwekupinda muchiteshi chemauto eU.S. 