Zacarias Moussaoui

Zacarias Moussaoui is a French member of al-Qaeda who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill citizens of the United States as part of the 9/11 attacks. He is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Colorado.

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May 30, 1968

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St. Jean de Luz, France

Zacarias Moussaoui, a French member of al-Qaeda, pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court for conspiring to kill American citizens as part of the 9/11 attacks. He is currently serving a life sentence at a federal prison in Colorado, having narrowly escaped the death penalty during his 2006 trial. Moussaoui is the sole individual convicted in a U.S. court in relation to the September 11 attacks. His other notable actions include his involvement with al-Qaeda, his confession to participating in the 9/11 conspiracy, and his renunciation of terrorism, al-Qaida, and the Islamic State.