Benghazi terror suspect extradited to face US charges

The U.S. has arrested Zubayr Al-Bakoush, alleged to beryllium 1 of the leaders of the 2012 onslaught connected the U.S. consulate successful Benghazi. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the apprehension connected Friday. Bondi said that Al-Bakoush was charged with charges of murder, panic and arson, each related to the 2012 attack.

"Zubayr Al-Bakoush volition present look American justness connected American soil. We volition prosecute this alleged violent to the fullest grade of the law," Bondi said connected Friday. "Let this lawsuit service arsenic a reminder: If you perpetrate a transgression against the American radical anyplace successful this world, President Trump's Justice Department volition find you. It mightiness not hap overnight, but it volition happen. You tin run, but you cannot hide."

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Zubayr Al-Bakoush, a fishy successful the 2012 onslaught connected the U.S. consulate successful Benghazi, Libya, landed successful Virginia aboriginal Friday to look national charges of murder, panic and arson. (Fox News)

Bondi besides took a swipe astatine erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who infamously said "what quality does it make?" erstwhile asked successful a proceeding astir the origin of the deadly attack. 

Patel said that Al-Bakoush was arrested "overseas," but did not springiness details connected the nonstop determination wherever the alleged violent was apprehended.

"I'm highly thankful to the CIA and Director Ratcliffe and our different instrumentality enforcement partners for making definite that the satellite knows that if you termination an American national successful an enactment of terrorism, we volition hunt you down," Patel said connected Friday.

The FBI manager credited President Donald Trump's enactment for instrumentality enforcement, saying that the president "has fixed instrumentality enforcement the resources we request to instrumentality the combat crossed the world." Patel noted the department's occurrence successful capturing individuals connected the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi (C), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel (L) and U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC Jeanine Pirro marque a property announcement astatine the Department of Justice connected February 6, 2026 successful Washington, DC. Bondi announced the FBI has captured and extradited Zubayr al-Bakoush, a fishy successful the 2012 onslaught connected the US Embassy successful Benghazi, Libya.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Pirro, who volition beryllium prosecuting the case, noted that Al-Bakoush was archetypal charged by ailment successful 2015, which was sealed for 11 years. She said that an unsealed eight-count indictment charged Al-Bakoush with the murders of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, State Department worker Sean Smith and CIA contractors Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods. The indictment besides includes a complaint for the attempted execution of State Department Special Agent Scott Wickland, according to Pirro.

"The Benghazi saga was a achy 1 for Americans. It has stayed with each of us. And fto maine beryllium precise clear, determination are much of them retired there. Time volition not halt america from going aft these predators, nary substance however agelong it takes, successful bid to fulfill our work to those families who suffered horrific symptom astatine the hands of these convulsive terrorists," Pirro said. "President Trump volition marque definite that the cavalry comes for Americans, nary substance wherever they are successful this world."

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro and FBI Director Kash Patel were connected manus arsenic Zubayr Al-Bakoush, a fishy successful the 2012 onslaught connected the U.S. consulate successful Benghazi, Libya, landed successful Virginia aboriginal Friday to look national charges of murder, panic and arson. (Fox News)

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On Sept. 11, 2012, a panic onslaught connected the U.S. Special Mission successful Benghazi, Libya, near 4 dead. A radical of assailants equipped with AK-47 rifles, grenades and different weapons, stormed the compound and began shooting, mounting fires and breaking into buildings. Stevens, Smith, Doherty and Woods were each killed successful the attack.

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