Meet the man who helped put the US invasion of Panama in motion Sylvan "Sonny" Holtzman is 89 years old and has a story to tell. He's a lawyer and lobbyist living in a luxury Miami hotel. He says he put together the politicians and businessmen who engineered the US invasion of Panama 30 years ago. On December 20, 1989, more than 27,000 US soldiers invaded Panama and overthrew dictator Manuel Noriega. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES N°1N54ID