Desi Bouterse was sentenced in the killings of 15 political opponents

Ex-dictator Desi Bouterse of Suriname missing after being sentenced in killings of 15 political opponents. He was recently sentenced to 20 years for the killings of political opponents in the country. He has disappeared after failing to surrender to authorities in Surinamese.

Ex-dictator Desi Bouterse of Suriname sentenced in murders of 15 political opponents. Former president sentenced to 20 years in prison for the Dec. 1982 killings of 15 opponents of his then-incumbent regime. Former Surinamese President Desi Burtse, 78, has been sentenced.