
(January 27, 1959 - April 12, 2011)

During the Second Ivorian Civil War of 2010 and 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department banned American companies and individuals from doing commercial or financial business with Désiré Tagro,[5] as well as Laurent Gbagbo, Gbagbo's foreign minister, Alcide Djédjé, and the head of the Ivorian Popular Front, Pascal Affi N’Guessan.[5]
Tagro and Laurent Gbagbo were arrested on April 11, 2011, at Gbagbo's home in Abidjan by Republican forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara. Tagro suffered a gunshot wound to the face during the arrest, though the circumstances remain unclear.[1][6] Some Gbagbo loyalists claimed that Tagro was shot by Republican forces while in custody at the Golf Hotel.[6] Tagro was taken to a hospital in Abidjan by U.N. peacekeepers, where he died on April 12, 2011, at the age of 52.[7] United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy said that Tagro's death "is to be deplored."[7]
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