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Ahmed Boukhari

Ahmed Boukhari

1938–2025

Nationality
Morocco
Occupation
spy

Ahmed al-Boukhari (Arabic: أحمد البوخاري; 1938 – 16 February 2025) was a Moroccan agent of Cab-1, the political cell of the DST (the Moroccan internal secret service).

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Aïn Sebaâ prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Ahmed al-Boukhari (Arabic: أحمد البوخاري; 1938 – 16 February 2025) was a Moroccan agent of Cab-1, the political cell of the DST (the Moroccan internal secret service). He claimed to have taken part in the operation that orchestrated the abduction and murder of Mehdi Ben Barka, and was as such one of the last surviving possible witnesses in the Benbarka Affair.

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