Jean Succar Kuri

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Jean Thouma Hannah Succar Kuri (born September 19, 1944 in Bsharri, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-born Mexican businessman accused of pederasty in Cancún, Quintana Roo. He is also an American citizen.

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, remarried (to a 15-year old girl) and saw his empire grow from a soda stand to a group of more than 40 tourist villas, 1 hotel and an airport-based restaurant. His fortune is estimated to be 30 million dollars.

After the publication of the expose Demons of Eden by Lydia Cacho, he was associated with Puebla-based Lebanese businessman Kamel Nacif Borge in a sexual exploitation ring ([1]). In 2004 he was detained in Chandler, Arizona, and extradited to Mexico by a request of the Attorney General and Interpol ([2]). He is accused of child pornography, child sexual abuse and statutory rape ([3]).

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