Peter Biar Ajak, a Harvard fellow and high-profile advocate for South Sudan, has been arrested by federal agents in Arizona. He is charged with attempting to illegally smuggle weapons, including Stinger missile systems, grenade launchers, and automatic firearms, worth millions of dollars to South Sudan for a coup back home. The Department of Justice alleges that from September 2021 through February 2023, Ajak, alongside Abraham Chol Keech, sought to acquire these weapons for the South Sudanese opposition. Their arms dealers were, in fact, undercover federal agents. Ajak is accused of plotting to use these arms to overthrow the government in his home country.
A South Sudanese activist has been charged in Arizona on charges of conspiring to buy and illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to overthrow the government back home. https://t.co/8DJxYOhaQK
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Explosive story - DOJ alleges that South Sudanese activist and Harvard fellow Peter Biar Ajak worked with Abraham Chol Keech to acquire weapons for SS opposition from September of 2021, thru February of 2023. The arms dealers they met with turned out to be federal agents. https://t.co/I6cqeMtcqg https://t.co/LH9o79dbSO
Top South Sudan peace activist and Harvard fellow Peter Biar Ajak has been arrested by undercover agents in Arizona for trying to smuggle guns to his home country https://t.co/mbkKy98oG6
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🟡 NEW: A Harvard fellow who is a high-profile advocate for South Sudan was arrested by federal agents in Arizona for trying to illegally smuggle weapons worth millions of dollars to his home country. https://t.co/KBUAnA4DBt