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There is an ongoing search for Desi Bouterse after he did not report to prison, the Surinamese Public Prosecution Service has said. Bouterse was due to report to a Surinamese jail at 1 p.m. Netherlands time on Friday to start a 20-year sentence for his role in the December Murders. Fifteen political opponents of his were killed in 1982.
San Juan, Jan 12 (EFE).- Desi Bouterse, Suriname’s ex-president, sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in the killing of 15 opponents in 1982, has vanished after failing to appear in prison despite an order from prosecutors, his wife said Friday. Bouterse’s wife, Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring, told journalists outside her home on Friday: “He …
Desi Bouterse, Suriname's ex-president, sentenced for his involvement in the killing opponents vanished after failing to appear in prison.
Paramaribo, Suriname – The Court of Justice Wednesday imposed a 20 year-jail term on former president Desi Bouterse, who has been implicated in the murder of 15 men on December 8, 1982. Bouterse, who was not present when the Court issued the ruling, had appealed against his conviction that had been handed down in August 2021, when the Court Martial of Suriname upheld the 2019 military court ruling of a …