Argentine prosecutor throws out case against President Kirchner
An Argentine prosecutor has dismissed accusations against President Cristina Kirchner in the case of the 1994 deadly bombing at a Jewish center in the capital, Buenos Aires.
Prosecutor Javier De Luca rejected on Monday to take on the criminal complaint formulated by former prosecutor Alberto Nisman who died earlier this year.
Nisman had accused Kirchner and other government officials of covering up the identities of those responsible for the bombing at the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) center over two decades ago.
The Israeli regime accuses Tehran of masterminding the terrorist attack. The Islamic Republic of Iran has strongly denied any involvement in the incident.
The complaint written by Nisman alleged that government officials tried to cut a deal for oil with Iran in exchange for the purported cover-up.
De Luca said in a statement that it was impossible to proceed the case as many of the matters brought up “are not crimes.”
The case has now been dismissed on no less than three instances.
Kirchner has always maintained her innocence and dismissed the claim against Iran, saying the prosecutor’s allegations were "baseless" and "absurd."
On January 18, Nisman was found dead of a gunshot wound in his apartment in the capital city. He had been due to testify in a congressional hearing about the AMIA bombing.
The incident took place in July 1994, when a car bomb exploded at the AMIA center in Buenos Aires. The explosion left 85 people dead and some 300 others injured.
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