Thousands of people mourning the death of their former leader, affectionately known as “Pepe,” joined the procession as Mujica’s flag-furled coffin, borne on a gun carriage, made its way through down...

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89.