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US – (Reuters) – The son of Suriname’s President was yesterday sentenced to 16 and a 1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to U.S. charges that he tried to offer a home base to the Lebanese paramilitarySurinamese President Desi Bouterse (L), poses with his son, Dino, in Paramaribo, 2010.group Hezbollah.Dino Bouterse, 42,Cheap Nike Air Max 97 Shoes, who worked in a Suriname counterterrorist unit,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan. Bouterse had also admitted to drug trafficking and firearms charges.U.S. prosecutors accused Bouterse of inviting people he thought were from Hezbollah to establish a base in his home country, located north of Brazil, in exchange for $2 million that was ultimately not paid.Bouterse was arrested by Panamanian authorities after a sting in which he allegedly talked about his activities with confidential informants from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.Hezbollah has since 1997 been designated by the U.S. State Department as a foreign terrorist organisation.Dressed in a blue-gray shirt and pants, Bouterse said prior to sentencing that “what I did does not really represent my country,” and that his imprisonment would hurt his 11 children, aged 2 to 19.“I really regret my actions, and I am deeply, deeply, deeply ashamed of myself,” he said. “I take full responsibility.”Prosecutors had urged that Bouterse spend 30 years to life in prison, in accordance with recommended federal guidelines.Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Lockard said this reflected Bouterse’s agreement to “open up his country” to terrorist camps,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, and a need to deter other government officials “willing to sell access.”But the judge said the guidelines were “fundamentally unfair,” given that Bouterse appeared motivated by a desire to make “a lot of money” rather than help terrorists. She also said the sting meant Hezbollah had no actual role to begin with.“Nothing in his history shows that he is a terrorist, or that he had terrorist sympathies,Cheap Jerseys 2018,” Scheindlin said. “His greed got the better of him.”After the sentencing, family members blew kisses to Bouterse, who smiled and gave a thumbs-up sign. He had been in federal custody since being transported to the United States.Richard Rosenberg, a lawyer for Bouterse, called the sentence “very harsh,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping,” but was glad Scheindlin “underscored the lack of any clear connection to any actual terrorism.”Bouterse’s father, Desi Bouterse,Wholesale Jerseys, ruled Suriname after a coup from 1980 to 1987, and has been accused of human rights violations. He reclaimed power in 2010 when he was elected president.
