Pompeo has identified Hezbollah as responsible for the attack against AMIA – Telam

Pompeo said that the organization of Hezbollah had perpetrated the attack on Amia 25 years ago

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today that the terrorist organization Hezbollah was responsible for the attack against AMIA in 1994 "with the support of Tehran" , identified the organizer as Salman Rauf Salman and announced a reward of 7 million euros. dollars for those who have information about where they are.

At a press conference that he offered to the Foreign Ministry with Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie, Pompeo warned that "Hezbollah is heavily present in this region" and badured "that He continues to use this hemisphere to recruit supporters "and get funding.

"Hezbollah is not the only group in the region," said the US official at the end of the second continental ministerial conference on the fight against terrorism, which was held yesterday. in Buenos Aires in the presence of representatives from 20 countries in the region. region committed to strengthening security measures against terrorism.

Pompeo said that "the AMIA attack was perpetrated by Hezbollah with support from Tehran," adding that "Salman Rauf Salman was the agent who coordinated the attack and the continues to capture people "and announced" $ 7 million reward for those who have information to stop this killer. "

Faurie and Pompeo announced that the United States, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil would hold semi-annual meetings, the first in Asunción, "before the end of the year", to set up " regional security mechanisms "in the fight against terrorism.