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Samuel Salman El Reda

Designations and court status
AuthorityStatusDateBasis or courtSource
U.S. courtAt large Dec. 20, 2023Southern District of New YorkCase

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.

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  1. 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.

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