Juvénal Rugambarara
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Juvénal Rugambarara is a former mayor of Bicumi in the now-defunct Kigali Rural
province (Bicumbi now resides mostly in Rwamagana). He succeeded Laurent Semanza as mayor of the commune in 16 September 1993. He was involved in planning, incitement and arms distribution to the Interahamwe
during the Rwandan Genocide
in 1994. Soon afterward, he fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
, where he spent three years in hiding. However, when the First Congo War
erupted in the DRC in 1997, he then fled to Uganda, assumed a pseudonym and became a tobacco farmer. He was arrested in 2003 by Interpol
, and was sentenced to 11 years in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
for his involvement in the genocide. He will serve his sentence in France
.
Kigali Rural
Kigali-Rural Province, known in Kinyarwanda as Kigali-Ngali, was a province that surrounds the city of Kigali, Rwanda. It was abolished in 2006, along with other existing provinces at the time, in favour of a system of redrawn provinces....
province (Bicumbi now resides mostly in Rwamagana). He succeeded Laurent Semanza as mayor of the commune in 16 September 1993. He was involved in planning, incitement and arms distribution to the Interahamwe
Interahamwe
The Interahamwe is a Hutu paramilitary organization. The militia enjoyed the backing of the Hutu-led government leading up to, during, and after the Rwandan Genocide. Since the genocide, they have been forced out of Rwanda, and have sought asylum in Congo...
during the Rwandan Genocide
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
in 1994. Soon afterward, he fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
, where he spent three years in hiding. However, when the First Congo War
First Congo War
The First Congo War was a revolution in Zaire that replaced President Mobutu Sésé Seko, a decades-long dictator, with rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila. Destabilization in eastern Zaire that resulted from the Rwandan genocide was the final factor that caused numerous internal and external actors...
erupted in the DRC in 1997, he then fled to Uganda, assumed a pseudonym and became a tobacco farmer. He was arrested in 2003 by Interpol
Interpol
Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
, and was sentenced to 11 years in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 955 in order to judge people responsible for the Rwandan Genocide and other serious violations of international law in Rwanda, or by Rwandan...
for his involvement in the genocide. He will serve his sentence in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.