Raid at Renacer Prison

The raid of Renacer Prison
Part of United States invasion of Panama
Date 20 December 1989 Location Panama Canal, about halfway across the Isthmus Result American victory - all 64 hostages liberated and rescued
Belligerents
United States	Panama Defense Force Panama
Strength
80 airborne paratroopers A team of military police 3 UH-1 helicopters 2 OH-58 scout helicopters 1 (LCM) landing craft medium	27 PDF guards and troops
Casualties and losses
4 paratroopers wounded	5 dead PDF guards and troops 22 PDF guards and troops captured or wounded

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.