The US embassy reported that Samuel Salman El Reda was charged for El Reda’s “alleged role in leading decades of terrorist activity on behalf of Hezbollah and the OIJ.”
He United States Department of Justice filed “terrorism charges against Samuel Salman El Reda“, one of the leaders of the organization Hezbollah accused of planning the attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in 1994.
The news was reported by the embassy of the North American country, which also detailed that the accusation is “in relation to the alleged El Reda’s role in leading decades of terrorist activity on behalf of Hezbollah and the IOJ”.
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“El Reda is accused, among other crimes, of conspiring to provide and provide material support to Hezbollaha designated foreign terrorist organization,” said the Justice Departmentwho added that the accused “has his base in Lebanon and remains a fugitive“.
They also pointed out that “almost three decades ago, El Reda allegedly helped plan and execute the heinous attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish community center who murdered 85 innocent people and injured many others,” said Deputy Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.
In this way, from USA They assured that this accusation “serves as a message for those involved in acts of terrorism“, and warned: “The memory of the Department of Justice is long and we will not relent in our efforts to bring them to justice.”
The attack on the AMIA was perpetrated on Monday, July 18, 1994, when a truck bomb destroyed its building located at Pasteur 633 in this capital, which It caused 85 deaths and more than 300 injuries.
Source: Ambito
