Jean Succar Kuri

Lebanese-Mexican businessman and criminal (1944–2024)

Jean Succar Kuri
Born	(1944-09-19)September 19, 1944 Bsharri, Lebanon
Died	June 14, 2024(2024-06-14) (aged 79) Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Criminal status	Deceased

Criminal charge	Child pornography and Child sex trafficking
Penalty	112 years

Jean Thouma Hannah Succar Kuri (September 19, 1944 – June 14, 2024) was a Lebanese-born Mexican businessman convicted of child pornography and child sexual abuse in Cancún, Quintana Roo.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was sentenced to 112 years in prison on August 31, 2011.^[4]

On August 19, 1975, Succar arrived in the state of Guanajuato with relatives of his, and then relocated to Cancún, which was seeing an explosion in the tourist industry. He then married, divorced, and remarried an 18-year-old woman, the mother of his five children. He saw his empire grow from a soda stand to a group of four villas, 70 hotel rooms, and one hotel. His fortune was estimated to be 30 million dollars.^{[dubious – discuss]}

After the publication of the expose Los Demonios del Edén (Demons of Eden) by Lydia Cacho, he was associated with Puebla-based Lebanese businessman Kamel Nacif Borge in a sexual exploitation ring.^[5]^[6] In 2004, he was detained in Chandler, Arizona, and extradited to Mexico by a request of the attorney general and Interpol.^[7] He was accused of child pornography, child sexual abuse, and statutory rape.^[8] and was finally sentenced to 112 years in prison on charges of child pornography and corruption of minors. According to Mexican law, he would have to serve minimum 60 years of that sentence.^[9]^[10]

Kuri died due to a heart problem in Cancún, on June 14, 2024, at the age of 79.^[11]

References

^ Vitka, William (2006-07-15). "Man With Child Porn Charge Extradited". CBS News. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
^ Yahoo. "Mexican businessman gets more years for child porn". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ "Juez ratifica condena a Jean Succar Kuri por abuso de menores". 11 August 2016.
^ Varillas, Adriana (2011-08-31). "Sentencian a Succar Kuri a 108 años de prisión" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Man With Child Porn Charge Extradited - CBS News". CBS News. 2019-05-24. Archived from the original on 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
^ "EU extradita a Jean Succar Kuri para que sea juzgado en Cancún por pederastia - La Crónica de Hoy / Lunes 27 de Dic., 2010". Cronica.com.mx. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
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^ Diciembre 12, 2006 06:33 AM (1999-02-22). "Cancún: Gana Jean Succar Kuri amparo para regresar a la cárcel en Cancún". Noticaribe.com.mx. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Yahoo. "Mexican businessman gets more years for child porn". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ Ruben Mosso (31 Aug 2011). "Dan más de 108 años de cárcel a Succar Kuri por delitos sexuales". Milenio. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
^ Varillas, Adriana (June 14, 2024). "Fallece Jean Succar Kuri, sentenciado por pornografía infantil; tenía problemas cardiacos". El Universal. Retrieved 14 June 2024.