Ahmed Boukhari

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Ahmed Boukhari is a former agent of Cab-1, the political cell of the Moroccan Secret Service. He claims to have taken part in the operation that masterminded the abduction and liquidation of Mehdi Ben Barka. He is one of the last still living possible witnesses. He was not present at the crime scene but as notulist he had to progress all the information on the operation. He claims that CIA agents were involved, a certain Colonel Martin. Boukhari claimed in his confessions that Ben Barka his body was transported secretly to Morocco and his corpse was dissolved in a vat of acid. However, certain newspapers claim that Boukhari is a fraud and a liar. According to Hamid Barrada, Boukhari wasn't any longer in service when Ben Barka was abducted. Boukhari wrote a book about the Ben Barka affair entitled, Le secret.