Dino Delano Bouterse (born 27 September 1972) is the son of the former

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Dési Bouterse Desiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse (; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer and drug trafficker who served as President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987, he was Suriname's ''de facto ...

. The former head of the Suriname Anti-Terrorist Unit, he is currently serving a 16-year sentence in the United States after being convicted in

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, on charges of drug smuggling and trying to help

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set up a base in Suriname and

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. In July 2003, Bouterse was arrested on charges of large-scale theft of weapons in Suriname, when he attempted to enter

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, part of the

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, under a false passport. He was sentenced in 2005 to eight years' imprisonment for international

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and

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. On August 29, 2013, Bouterse was arrested by the

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while traveling on a diplomatic passport. He was extradited to the United States and taken to New York City, where the U.S. attorney for Manhattan,

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, sought the maximum sentence available but only obtained a 16-and-a-quarter-year prison sentence on 10 March 2015. He could be released in 2027. He is currently held at FCA Yazoo City Low.

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