- The Justice Department announced terrorism charges against Samuel Salman El Reda, an operative with Hezbollah, for his alleged involvement in planning the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina that killed 85 people and injured hundreds.
- El Reda, a dual Colombian-Lebanese citizen, is accused of coordinating Hezbollah’s activities in South America, Asia, and Lebanon since 1993. The indictment alleges that he relayed information to Hezbollah operatives on the day of the Buenos Aires bombing and has been involved in recruiting, training, and managing operatives worldwide.
- El Reda faces charges including providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, conspiring to provide material support, aiding and abetting the receipt of military-type training, and conspiring to receive military-type training. He remains at large. Read More
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