Fugitive Bouterse is no longer allowed to enter the US due to December murders

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The fugitive Surinamese ex-president Desi Bouterse is no longer welcome in the United States. The penalty also applies to six other former Surinamese military officials, who, like Bouterse, were found guilty of the 1982 “extrajudicial executions” of political opponents, the so-called December murders.

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The fugitive Surinamese ex-president Desi Bouterse is no longer allowed to enter the US, as are six other former leaders in the Surinamese army. This was announced by the US Department of State. Four unnamed family members of the former soldiers are also no longer allowed to enter the country. The reason given by the ministry is that the seven men were involved in the torture and extrajudicial killings of political opponents in 1982, the so-call…