The US stated that Parties across South America and Lebanon have worked to generate revenue for Hezbollah’s terrorist activities. They also stated that the organizations and individuals were providing cover for Hezbollah’s presence in South America.
Amer Mohamed Akil Rada, a senior Hezbollah operative who was responsible for a 1994 terrorist attack against the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in Argentina that killed 85 Jews, was also designated. Rada was designated for his charcoal exports to Lebanon which funded commercial enterprises for Hezbollah.
As part of the actions taken by the US, Rada’s brother also faced designation “ for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, [Hezbollah]” with his drug trafficking and money laundering ring. READ MORE