Paramaribo, Suriname, Dec 29, 2024 (AFP) - Suriname ex-dictator died of liver failure, autopsy shows

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2024-12-29

Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse died of liver failure at age 79, an official autopsy revealed. Bouterse's body was dropped off Tuesday at his residence in the capital Paramaribo by unidentified people, after he spent years hiding in an undisclosed location following a conviction in the killing of political opponents in 1982. The autopsy results, released on Saturday by authorities in the small South American country, gave his cause of d......

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