DOJ announces terror charges against operative linked to Hezbollah's 1994 attack on Jewish center

The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed terrorist charges against a Hezbollah leader linked to a 1994 Jewish community attack in Argentina, in which 85 people died.

The agency alleges that Samuel Salman El Reda, 58, conspired and gave material support to Hezbollah and helped assist the bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish community center in 1994. He is reportedly in Lebanon at this time, according to the DOJ. 

"Nearly three decades ago, long-time Hezbollah terrorist operative Samuel Salman El Reda allegedly helped plan and execute the heinous attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that murdered 85 innocent people and injured countless others," Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said in a statement.