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Argentina judge looks to relaunch investigation into former president
Source: Associated Press
Argentina judge looks to relaunch investigation into former president
Associated Press in Buenos Aires
Wednesday 10 August 2016 16.27 BST
A judge is seeking to revive an investigation into former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over an alleged cover-up on behalf of Iranians suspected in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina’s capital.
Judge Claudio Bonadio asked a fellow judge, Daniel Rafecas, to turn over the case file and the latter consented, the state news agency Telam reported on Tuesday.
Rafecas had refused just days earlier to reopen the case against Fernandez, which he had closed in 2015.
The case against Fernández, a left-of-center politician who governed Argentina from 2007 to 2015, was compiled by the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman. He was found shot in the head 19 months ago in his apartment just hours before he was to present the case to Congress. His mysterious death remains unsolved.
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Associated Press in Buenos Aires
Wednesday 10 August 2016 16.27 BST
A judge is seeking to revive an investigation into former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over an alleged cover-up on behalf of Iranians suspected in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina’s capital.
Judge Claudio Bonadio asked a fellow judge, Daniel Rafecas, to turn over the case file and the latter consented, the state news agency Telam reported on Tuesday.
Rafecas had refused just days earlier to reopen the case against Fernandez, which he had closed in 2015.
The case against Fernández, a left-of-center politician who governed Argentina from 2007 to 2015, was compiled by the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman. He was found shot in the head 19 months ago in his apartment just hours before he was to present the case to Congress. His mysterious death remains unsolved.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/10/argentina-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-iran-cover-up-investigation
