In 1982, Prensa editor Carlos Ernesto González was sentenced to five months' imprisonment for an article critical of President Aristides Royo, in which he accused the president of being behind an armed attack on the Prensa building by Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) supporters [REF].
In 1986, La Prensa was still the only newspaper publishing reports critical of military leader Manuel Noriega,[REF] including protesting the murder of Hugo Spadafora [REF].