Suriname/U.S.: Son of President pleads guilty to charges sought to offer base for Hezbollah

Posted on September 14, 2014 • Filed under: Crime, Suriname, United States

france24.com reported the son of Surinamese President Desi Bouterse (pictured) pleaded guilty on Friday to US charges he sought to offer a home base in his South American country to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Dino Bouterse, once picked by his father to lead a counter-terrorism unit in Suriname, told a judge in Manhattan that as part of the scheme he provided a false Surinamese passport to a person he believed was a Hezbollah operative. He also pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and firearms charges.

“In 2013, I knowingly provided a false Surinamese passport to a person I believed to be associated with Hezbollah, an organisation I knew to be designated a terrorist organisation by the United States,” Bouterse, 41, said in federal court. Read Article

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