Ntaganda fought with the Rwandan Patriotic Army in the early 1990s and participated in the overthrow of the Hutu-led Rwandan government in 1994 following the Rwandan genocide . He subsequently joined the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo ( FPLC ) , the military wing of the Union of Congolese Patriots ( UPC ) , and became its chief of military operations . During this time , he is alleged to have been involved in numerous massacres and other serious human rights abuses . When Ntaganda was in charge of the UPC , he told child soldiers ; " '' When you 're a soldier , you get a woman for free . Everything is free '' . " In January 2005 , Ntaganda was offered a position as a general in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a peace process , but he refused the offer . On 1 November 2005 , a United Nations Security Council committee imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on him for violating an arms embargo
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Bosco Ntaganda