Led
Investigations into Possible Cover-up of Iranian Involvement in 1994 Buenos Aires Bombing
Alberto
Nisman, a special prosecutor who had accused Argentine President Cristina
Fernandez and other government officials of shielding Iranian suspects in the
1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Israeli-Argentine center, which killed 85 people
and injured more than 200, was found dead late Sunday.
Federal
police said Nisman’s body was found at his Buenos Aires home with a
gun next to it. Authorities have not elaborated on the investigation.
Nisman
was appointed 10 years ago to revive the investigation into the bombing. Last
week, he accused Fernandez and other senior officials of agreeing not to punish
two former Iranian officials in the case, probably to receive oil at favorable
prices from Iran. Argentina is in a severe recession, and the country has defaulted
on debt payments.
Photo
credit: A screen capture of Alberto Nisman’s interview with Argentine TN
channel 3 days before his death. (Twitter/TN)
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