Buenos Aires – Judge Dismisses Case Against Argentine President In Jewish Center Bombing

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    Argentine Federal judge Daniel Rafecas (L) sits inside a car as it enters a Court building in Buenos Aires February 19, 2015. REUTERSBuenos Aires – A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a prosecutor’s allegations that Argentine President Cristina Fernandez tried to cover-up the alleged involvement of Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires.

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    Judge Daniel Rafecas said the documents originally filed by the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman failed to meet “the minimal conditions needed to launch a formal court investigation.”

    Nisman had filed the complaint days before he died on Jan. 18 under mysterious circumstances. Polls show many Argentines suspect officials had some hand in the death, though Fernandez and aides have suggested the death was aimed at destabilizing her government.

    The case that has caused a crisis for Fernandez’s administration. Tens of thousands of Argentines marched through the capital last week demanding answers in the death a month after he was found in his bathroom with a bullet in his right temple.

    The president initially suggested the 51-year-old prosecutor had killed himself, then did an about-face a few days later, saying she suspected he had been slain. Authorities say they are investigating the possibility of suicide or homicide


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    9 years ago

    100% Corruption. Argentina is becoming the “Toilet Bowl” of the continent. I hope President Cristina Fernandez gets what’s coming to her.

    Adddd
    Adddd
    9 years ago

    This mystery has a long way to go

    lazerx
    lazerx
    9 years ago

    documents found? of course first the murder and then the removal of incriminating documents.

    Corrupt, corrupt and more corruption than can be imagined!