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Ex-Paraguayan Dictator Alfredo Stroessner Dies at 93

HeadlineAug 17, 2006

And finally in Paraguay, former dictator Alfredo Stroessner has died at the age of 93. Stroessner seized power in 1954 and ruled for thirty five years. He provided a haven to several Nazi war criminals, including Dr. Josef Mengele, known as “The Angel of Death” at Auschwitz. Stroessner was a stanch ally of the US government.

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