Biography
Tareq Mousa Al Ghazi, age 62, was Monzer Al Kassars associate in the 2007 DEA-FARC arms-dealer sting. Convicted at trial; 300 months federal prison.
Conviction date and supervised-release distinction
The Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's July 1, 2009 sentencing release, page 1, dates Al Ghazi's jury conviction to March 17, 2009 and confirms the already-recorded July 1, 2009 sentence of 25 years before Judge Jed S. Rakoff. It also reports five years of supervised release in addition to the prison term; supervised release is not additional imprisonment. The release supplies no arrest, prison-admission or actual-release day, so existing custody endpoints and counters are unchanged.
DOJ’s May 2015 case summary dates the guilty verdict in this prosecution to March 17, 2009.