Desi Bouterse, a former dictator and later president of Suriname who was convicted of murder and drug trafficking, died on ...

He led a 1980 coup, then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and murder.

Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname and then returned to power by ...

He took power in a military coup in 1980 and later served as the country’s president. He was also convicted of ordering the ...