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Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as thousands bid a poignant farewell to the iconic leader in the Uruguayan capital.

Crowds have poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin American left, remembered most for his humility, simple lifestyle and ideological earnestness

Uruguay on Wednesday began bidding farewell to its former leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former leftist guerrilla fighter who won global fame for his humility as the so-called "world's poorest president."

Former president of Uruguay who began his political career as member of the Tupamaros guerrilla group

The Latin American country's 40th leader — known as "Pepe" — became internationally renowned because of his humble lifestyle.

The one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America

Mujica had been imprisoned and tortured by the Uruguayan dictatorship in the 1960s and 70s for nearly 15 years.