Panama's former leader Manuel Noriega cannot be extradited to France until his appeals in the US are exhausted, says a federal judge.
Noriega, 73, has completed a 17-year jail sentence in Miami for drugs offences but is wanted in France on charges of money-laundering.
He has remained in US custody while appealing against his extradition.
The judge said Noriega deserved time to prove that the Geneva Conventions barred his removal to France.
Mr Noriega is deemed to be a prisoner of war in America because he was seized when US troops invaded Panama in 1989.
But his lawyers claim if he is sent to France he will be treated as a "common criminal".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7221280.stm
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