The government includes Hezbollah in the list of terrorist organizations

The government understands the organization Hezbollah in the payroll of terrorist organizations, as the Minister of Security had planned Patricia Bullrich in Du Llano. By Decree 918/2012 published in the Official Journal, a Special register of terrorist groups that they have committed attacks in Argentina, which will allow to incorporate the Shiite group which, according to justice, has perpetrated the attacks against the AMIA and the Israeli embbady .

The resolution became official one day after their meeting 25 years of the attack to the Jewish Mutual, which left 85 dead. The decree amended the June 2012 norm and established the register because, until now, the country did not have its own list and was guided by United Nations payrolls, in which Hezbollah is not included. Registration will depend on the Ministry of Justice, led by Germán Garavano, It will also include people related to acts of terrorism and their financing. The decree is signed by President Mauricio Macri, Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie, Chief of Staff Marcos Peña, Bullrich and Garavano.

Its objectives will be "to provide access and exchange of information on human persons, legal entities and entities related to acts of terrorism and / or their financing and to facilitate national and international cooperation to prevent , combat and eliminate terrorism and its financing ". It will be public access, within the framework defined by the Ministry of Justice, "the protection of data protection by the relevant security measures and determination of the form of access to information," says the resolution.

In one chapter, it is established that it must record "any human person, legal entity or entity over which the Financial Information Unit (FIU) ordered the freezing of administrative badets. " Last year, the government froze property and money from the Barakat organization, which would be linked to Hezbollah, after a maneuver aimed at laundering $ 10 million in a casino in Puerto Rico. Iguazú, near the Triple Border.

It must contain all of the information organizations or individuals related to acts of terrorism and their financing. They shall include data "which reliably identify the human person, the legal entity or the entity, their updated procedural status and the judicial or administrative authority which has ordered the measure in question, "says the decree. It will include all persons or organizations listed in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999).

National mourning and extension of compensation

Macri too signed two other decrees for which the national mourning is declared for Thursday, the 25th anniversary of the bombing of AMIA, and implemented benefits former employees of the Jewish community who have not yet adhered to compensation already paid by the state.

Decree 487/2019 states that on Thursday, the national flag will remain at half mast in buildings and public places. Remember that "last July 18th marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fatal terrorist attack perpetrated at the headquarters of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) which has has resulted in painful and irreversible consequences "In correspondence with the deep affection that the Argentine people arouse, the national government declares by means of the current day of national mourning of July 18, 2019, in tribute to all the victims of this so heinous," says the resolution .

The document argues that Macri will refer to the attack in the speech that he will give in September to the United Nations General Assembly, At New York. It provides that the President "will reiterate the request for cooperation addressed to the Islamic Republic of Iran to investigate the facts and bring those responsible to justice with the Argentine judicial authorities".

Although Decree 486/2019 extends the compensation for the terrorist attack of former employees of the Jewish Mutual Society which, until now, has not adhered to compensation already paid by the state. The text recalls that "a small group of victims legitimized to seek the benefit provided by Law No. 27.139 subsists. they did not accept to this one for having expired the expiry period in it established ".

It states that "currently, some of the victims of this group present health problems and old age " and that, therefore, "corresponds to ensuring that persons who have not yet received the aforementioned extraordinary benefit can do so without further delay". They will have a new mandate to 180 days submit the application, within the framework of the Ministry of Justice.

This is the decree that includes Hezbollah in the list of terrorist organizations