Kabuga Caught

Timothy Birdnow

Felicien Kabuga has been arrested by French police.

Who?

Kabuga was the richest man in Rwanda during the '90's. He owned a series of radio stations which broadcast "kill the Tutsi cockroaches!" incessantly for months, and it was he who handed out machetes to do it. Millions died horrible deaths, perhaps the worst genocide in history save the Holocaust. 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutu thanks in no small part to Kabuga.

According to the NPR article:

The authorities who have been hunting for Kabuga for years say the businessman played a key role in the ethnic bloodshed that left more than 800,000 people dead in a span of about three months. He allegedly encouraged and facilitated the violence in his capacity as both president of a Rwandan radio stationthat has been blamed for helping incite the rampant slaughter of ethnic Tutsis and other minority groups, and as the head of a fund that financed and supported the Hutu militias that carried it out.

For his activities, Kabuga was indicted in 1997for a slew of war crimes, including genocide and crimes against humanity. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, established by the United Nations, will be responsible for hearing his trial.

Yet for roughly a quarter-century, Kabuga managed to elude arrest and became Rwanda's most-wanted fugitive — despite an international effort that included the promise of a $5 million reward from the U.S. State Department for information leading to his capture.

I think we can all agree this was a wonderful thing; the man was a monster and the world will be better off without him.

This is like capturing Hitler at the end of the War.

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