Editing Ratko Mladić

 

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Ratko Mladić|alias = The Butcher of Bosnia|origin = Kalinovik, Independent State of Croatia|skills = Military training<br>

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'''Ratko Mladić''' (March 12^th, 1942) is a Bosnian-Serb colonel general and [[War crimes|war criminal]] who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska during the Yugoslav Wars. Known as '''"the Butcher of Bosnia"''', Mladić committed numerous war crimes and [[crimes against humanity]] during the [[Yugoslav Wars]], most notably being personally responsible for both the Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica Massacre, the two bloodiest events of the [[Bosnian War]].

After his capture in 2011, Mladić was convicted of ten counts of [[genocide]], war crimes, crimes against humanity, and violations of the international laws of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in November 2017, and is currently serving life in prison.

Mladic was born to Bosnian Serb parents during [[World War II]]. At the time, Bosnia was a fascist [[puppet state]] led by the Ustaše.

His father was a member of the Communist-backed Yugoslav Partisans who was killed in action by the [[Ustaše]] in 1945 after leading an attack against the village of Ustaše leader [[Ante Pavelić]]. After the death of his father, his mother raised him and his 2 brothers by herself.  

Mladic worked as a whitesmith in 1961 and graduated in 1965. On the same year, Mladic enlisted into the Yugoslav Army and was stationed in Skopje. In 1976, Mladić began his higher military education at the "Komandno-štabne akademije" in Belgrade, finishing in first place with a grade of 9.57 (out of 10). He later joined the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]] until the party dissolved.

In 1995, Mladić’s forces overran and defeated the United Nations peacekeepers battalion. 40,000 Bosniak Muslim civilians were expelled by Serb forces. 8,300 unarmed Bosniak men and boys were all massacred in under three days, making it the worst act of genocide in European soil since World War II.

==Capture, Conviction, and Aftermath==

Mladić went into hiding for 16 years. He moved to Serbia and remained there, alongside his family, assuming the alias "Milorad Komadić". He, along with other Serbian Army officers such as [[Radovan Karadžić]] and Goran Hadzić were subject to a Red Notice, an international most wanted notice by INTEPOL. In the early morning 26 May 2011, the law finally caught up to him, and arrested him in his cousin's house in Lazareno, northern Serbia for war crimes. His arrest was carried out by over 2 dozen incognito Serbian special police officers in black uniform and masks accompanied by Security Information Agency (the intelligence agency of Serbia) and War Crimes Prosecutor's Office agents in 4 SUVs. They pulled over to 4 houses owned by his relatives. After being awaken due to pain, he was about to go for a walk in the yard when he was surrounded by agents who jumped the fence and tackled him to the ground near the entrance, demanding him to identify himself. After correctly identifying himself, he surrendered 2 pistols he carried. He was later extradited to Belgrade. His cousin Branislav, who owned the house he was captured in, was under surveillance after being deemed a suspect. One of his arms was paralyzed after suffering a series of strokes and he has aged considerably.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13567722</ref>

 

He first stood in front of a Serbian court, but was later extradited to The Hague where a six-year long series of court trials would occur. In November of 2017, Mladić was sentenced to life in prison for his various crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

*Despite hiding, Serbian security forces provided protection to him ironically until about 2008 when tey asked INTERPOL to assist the government for his cpature.

*His capture was a precondition for Serbia to become a candidate to join the European Union.