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Prosecutor in Argentina Bombing Inquiry Is Found Dead
[NY Times] A federal prosecutor who has accused brass hats including the president of protecting Iranian suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center, one of Argentina...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita... s worst terrorist attacks, has been found dead at his home, the authorities said on Monday. The prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, had been scheduled to testify on Monday at a congressional inquiry about his accusations. News of his mysterious death immediately provoked shock and outrage from the political opposition and leaders of Argentinas Jewish community, one of Latin Americas largest, and appeared to put a skulduggerous shadow over his accusations. Mr. Nisman, who has been investigating the bombing for 10 years, had been expected at the hearing to explain the criminal complaint he filed last week against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; her foreign minister, Héctor Timerman; and others. Mr. Nisman was found on the floor of his bathroom, on Sunday night, according to the Security Ministry. There was also a .22-caliber pistol and one bullet cartridge at the scene. Mr. Nisman, who was protected by 10 federal coppers, lived in an apartment on the 13th floor of a building in Puerto Madero, an exclusive neighborhood close to downtown Buenos Aires. On Sunday afternoon, the officers were concerned because they had been unable to contact Mr. Nisman by telephone and his Sunday newspaper still lay outside his apartment. They called his family, but his mother was unable to open the apartment door with a spare key because there was a key in the lock on the other side. A locksmith was called, and Mr. Nismans mother entered the apartment with the officers. The prosecutor who has been assigned to investigate Mr. Nismans death, Viviana Fein, told news hounds on Monday morning that there were no witnesses and that Mr. Nisman had not left a suicide note. She said she was waiting for evidence like CCTV footage and a list of phone calls from the police, and that Mr. Nisman had not eaten dinner on Sunday night. Mr. Nisman had been appointed a decade ago by Mrs. Kirchners husband, Néstor Kirchner, who was the president at the time, to investigate the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association in Buenos Aires. The bombing killed 85 people and maimed more than 200. Accusations of Irans complicity, which the Iranian government has persistently denied, put a deep chill on relations between the two countries until 2013, when they reached an agreement to investigate the attack. It remains unsolved. Posted by: Fred 2015-01-20 |
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