Party of God, Inc. Court cases
2023 · Southern District of New York
Samuel Salman El Reda
Latest release: U.S. Attorney Announces Terrorism Charges Against High-Ranking Hizballah Member Who Helped Plan 1994 Bombing In Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Case's Tie to Hezbollah, in the Government's Words
“A Manhattan federal court today unsealed terrorism charges against Samuel Salman El Reda, aka Samuel Salman El Reda El Reda, Salman Raouf Salman, Sulayman Rammal, Salman Ramal, Salman Raouf Salman, and Hajj, 58, a dual Colombian-Lebanese citizen and member of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO), in connection with El Reda’s alleged role leading decades of terrorist activity on behalf of Hezbollah and the IJO.”
U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Department Announces Terrorism Charges Against High-Ranking Hezbollah Member Who Helped Plan 1994 Bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
press release, Dec. 20, 2023, para. 3, justice.gov.
Defendants and Outcomes
Samuel Salman El Reda At large as of Dec. 20, 2023
“El Reda is charged with, among other offenses, conspiring to provide and providing material support to Hezbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization.”
U.S. Department of Justice,
Justice Department Announces Terrorism Charges Against High-Ranking Hezbollah Member Who Helped Plan 1994 Bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
press release, Dec. 20, 2023, para. 4, justice.gov.
Exhibits
Exhibit 1
U.S. Department of Justice,
Justice Department Announces Terrorism Charges Against High-Ranking Hezbollah Member Who Helped Plan 1994 Bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
press release, Dec. 20, 2023, justice.gov.Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.
Summary The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Manhattan federal court had unsealed terrorism charges against Samuel Salman El Reda, alleging that he provided material support to Hezbollah and helped plan and execute the July 18, 1994 bombing of the AMIA building in Buenos Aires. The charges were unsealed on the date of the announcement, while El Reda remained at large in Lebanon, and the document stated that the indictment was an allegation and that he was presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Exhibit 2
U.S. Department of Justice,
U.S. Attorney Announces Terrorism Charges Against High-Ranking Hizballah Member Who Helped Plan 1994 Bombing In Buenos Aires, Argentina,
press release, Dec. 20, 2023, justice.gov.Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.
Summary The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, together with the Justice Department’s National Security Division, the FBI, and the NYPD, announced terrorism charges against Samuel Salman El Reda, alleging that he provided material support to Hezbollah and helped plan and execute the 1994 bombing of the AMIA building in Buenos Aires. The indictment was unsealed in Manhattan federal court, and El Reda remains at large in Lebanon.
Exhibit 3
U.S. Department of Justice, Charging document attached to the release, charging document (PDF), Dec. 20, 2023, justice.gov.
Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.
Exhibit 4
U.S. Department of Justice, Charging document attached to the release, charging document (PDF), Dec. 20, 2023, justice.gov.
Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.