the government accused Hezbollah and declared it a terrorist group

As we approach the act celebrating the 25th anniversary of the AMIA bombing, the government formalized Hezbollah's declaration as a "terrorist organization" and ordered the freezing of badets "specific entities of the military wing that make up the same and the leaders of the organization".

The measure was adopted through the Financial Information Unit (FIU), which urged that the extremist group of Lebanese origin is registered in the public register of persons or entities related to acts of terrorism and its financing (RePET).

The body led by Mariano Federici He recalled that "Hezbollah and / or its military wing has been designated a terrorist organization by several states, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and the United States. Netherlands, as well as by the European Union ".

"These designations clearly show that Hezbollah is responsible for the commission of many terrorist acts around the world ", The FIU pointed out that "judicial precedents in several countries, including the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Israel and the Argentine Republic itself – show how" the extremist organization "has planned , facilitated and executed terrorist acts against throughout its history ".

In this sense, he stressed that "In the Argentine Republic, Hezbollah was identified as responsible for the attack of the Israeli embbady in 1992, causing 29 dead and 242 wounded, as well as the attack on the headquarters of the Hezbollah. AMIA in 1994, which left a balance of 85 killed and hundreds wounded ". He added: "At the present time, Hezbollah continues to represent a current and present threat to the national security and integrity of the economic and financial order of the Argentine Republic, as far as where it results from the exercise of national badessment of terrorist financing risk recently by the national government under the coordination of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Nation ".

In response, the FIU "ordered the freezing of badets of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, specific entities of the military wing that make up the organization and leaders of the organization" and has requested the registration of this measure in the RePET.