Operation Acid Gambit

Operation Acid Gambit
Part of the United States invasion of Panama
Panama City Operation Acid Gambit (Panama)
Date 20 December 1989 Location Panama City, Panama Result American victory Prisoner extracted successfully
Belligerents
United States	Panama
Commanders and leaders
Col. Peter J. Schoomaker Eldon Bargewell Gary L. Harrell	Manuel Noriega Unknown
Units involved
1st SFOD-D Night Stalkers	Panama Defense Forces
Strength
23 Delta Operators 4 MH-6 helicopters	unknown
Casualties and losses
4 wounded 1 helicopter crashed	5 killed 1 captured

Operation Acid Gambit took place as an opening action of the United States invasion of Panama, on 20 December 1989. It was a U.S. Delta Force operation that retrieved Kurt Muse, an American expatriate living in Panama who had been arrested for leading a plot with other Panamanian to overthrow of the government of Panama, from the Cárcel Modelo, a notorious prison in Panama City.