Beyond the airwaves, Kabuga used his logistics empire to arm the Interahamwe militias. Investigations revealed that his companies imported hundreds of thousands of cheap machetes from China—far more than were needed for Rwanda’s agricultural sector. In a country where bullets were expensive, Kabuga provided the tools for a manual, face-to-face slaughter, ensuring that the genocide was both low-tech and terrifyingly efficient. The Ghost of the Pyrenees
In the early 1990s, Kabuga’s influence was inescapable. He was a successful businessman with deep ties to the ruling Habyarimana elite, but his most lethal investment was in the machinery of propaganda. He was a founding father and main financier of . [S1E2] FГ©licien Kabuga: The Financer of the Gen...
Kabuga’s eventual capture served as a stark reminder that the "wheels of justice turn slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine." Although his trial in The Hague was eventually halted in 2023 due to his advancing dementia, his arrest shattered the myth of his untouchability. Beyond the airwaves, Kabuga used his logistics empire
His story took a cinematic turn in May 2020. At age 87, the "Financier of Genocide" was finally cornered not in a jungle or a war zone, but in a quiet, nondescript apartment in , a suburb of Paris. He had been living under a false identity, shielded by his children and the anonymity of urban life. A Legacy of Accountability The Ghost of the Pyrenees In the early