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In 1993, Traoré was sentenced to death for "political crimes," largely focused on the murder of some 300 pro-democratic protesters in Bamako, but his sentence was later commuted. In 1999, he was once again sentenced to death with his wife Mariam Traoré, for "economic crimes": the embezzlement of the equivalent of US $ 350,000 during his government. President Alpha Oumar Konaré commuted these sentences to life imprisonment. Shortly before leaving office, on May 29, 2002, the year in which he served his second and final term, Konaré pardoned Mr. and Mrs. Traoré. Explaining his refusal to see the former president executed, Konaré felt that he had to be left alive so that he could see democracy settle in Mali, initially Traoré refused to be pardoned on the grounds that his properties had been looted. He has since retired from political life. | In 1993, Traoré was sentenced to death for "political crimes," largely focused on the murder of some 300 pro-democratic protesters in Bamako, but his sentence was later commuted. In 1999, he was once again sentenced to death with his wife Mariam Traoré, for "economic crimes": the embezzlement of the equivalent of US $ 350,000 during his government. President Alpha Oumar Konaré commuted these sentences to life imprisonment. Shortly before leaving office, on May 29, 2002, the year in which he served his second and final term, Konaré pardoned Mr. and Mrs. Traoré. Explaining his refusal to see the former president executed, Konaré felt that he had to be left alive so that he could see democracy settle in Mali, initially Traoré refused to be pardoned on the grounds that his properties had been looted. He has since retired from political life. | ||
He has refused to talk about his dark hours at a local jail in Markala and lives protected by military officers who guard the visits assigned by the government to avoid any adjustment of accounts, since it remains on Malian soil. | He has refused to talk about his dark hours at a local jail in Markala and lives protected by military officers who guard the visits assigned by the government to avoid any adjustment of accounts, since it remains on Malian soil. | ||
In recent years, he had become a kind of wise old man whom his political rivals would consult. | |||
Traore dies in the september, 15 2020 after 2020 coup d'etat. | Traore dies in the september, 15 2020 after 2020 coup d'etat. | ||