Jean Thouma Hannah Succar Kuri (born September 19, 1944 in Bsharri

Bsharri

Bsharri , is a Lebanese town at about 1,450 m of altitude, near the Kadisha Valley. It is located at , in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate. Bsharri is the town of the only remaining Original Cedars of Lebanon...

, Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

) is a Lebanese-born Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 businessman convicted of pederasty

Pederasty

Pederasty or paederasty is an intimate relationship between an adult and an adolescent boy outside his immediate family. The word pederasty derives from Greek "love of boys", a compound derived from "child, boy" and "lover".Historically, pederasty has existed as a variety of customs and...

 in Cancún

Cancún

Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of...

, Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 10 municipalities and its capital city is Chetumal....

. He is also an American legal resident.
He has been sentenced to 112 years of jail on Augst 31, 2011 .

On August 19, 1975, Succar arrived in the state of Guanajuato

Guanajuato

Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....

 with relatives of his, and then relocated to Cancún, which was seeing an explosion in the tourist industry. He then married, divorced, remarried (to an 18-year-old woman) and she is the mother of his five children. He saw his empire grow from a soda stand to group of four villas, and 70 hotel rooms, and one hotel. His fortune is estimated to be 30 million dollars.

After the publication of the expose Demons of Eden by Lydia Cacho

Lydia Cacho

Lydia Cacho Ribeiro is a Mexican journalist and feminist and human rights activist. She is a member of the Red Internacional de Periodistas con Visión de Género.-Biography:...

, he was associated with Puebla

Puebla

Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

-based Lebanese businessman Kamel Nacif Borge

Kamel Nacif Borge

Kamel Nacif Borge is a Puebla based Mexican businessman, born at Mexico City, of Lebanese descent, known in Mexico as "El Rey de la Mezclilla" . He is one of the richest men in Mexico and one of the biggest and most famous gamblers in the world...

 in a sexual exploitation ring . In 2004 he was detained in Chandler, Arizona

Chandler, Arizona

-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...

, and extradited to Mexico by a request of the Attorney General

Attorney General (Mexico)

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 and Interpol

Interpol

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 . He was accused of child pornography

Child pornography

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, child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include asking or pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities , indecent exposure with intent to gratify their own sexual desires or to...

 and statutory rape

Statutory rape

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 . and was finally sentenced to 112 years in prison on charges of child pornography and corruption of minors, a sentence that was later reduced to 60 years in line with Mexican law.

External links

• Interview by Carlos Loret de Mola
  Carlos Loret de Mola
  Carlos Loret de Mola Álvarez is a Mexican journalist. He is a popular news anchor in Mexico, hosting a show called Primero Noticias on Televisa channel 2, as well as a news radio show "Back" on Radio Formula....
  
   posted in You Tube.