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; 5th Infantry Division	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, a rumored asset of the Central Intelligence Agency, operating in Panama who had been arrested for leading a plot with other Panamanians to overthrow the government of Panama, from the Cárcel Modelo, a notorious prison in Panama City.