Raid at Renacer Prison

The raid of Renacer Prison
	Part of United States invasion of Panama
	Renacer Prison Raid at Renacer Prison (Panama)
Date	20 December 1989
Location	Panama
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Panama
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. Lynn Moore	Unknown
Units involved
7th Infantry Division; 82nd Airborne Division 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion Company C; ; ; 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

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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

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