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Helmin Wiels
Helmin Wiels was a Curaçao politician who founded the Pueblo Soberano party, which campaigned for Curaçao's independence and against corruption. His party became the largest in parliament in the 2012 election. He was shot dead on a beach in May 2013, a murder whose investigation exposed links between politics, gambling and organised crime.
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