Alberto Nisman

Argentinian special prosecutor

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Alberto Nisman was an Argentinian special prosecutor who died in January 2015. His death occurred the day before he was scheduled to testify before Congress regarding his investigation into the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.12

Nisman had accused then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, her foreign minister, and others of negotiating with Iran to conceal Iranian government involvement in the bombing in exchange for a trade deal. Initially, President Kirchner suggested Nisman's death was a suicide, but later stated she believed he was a victim of foul play. The events surrounding Nisman's death caused significant division within Argentina.1

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The Fernández de Kirchner administration
…2015 a scandal erupted after Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, was found dead the day before he was scheduled to testify before Congress. Just days earlier he had released a report in which he accused Fernández de Kirchner,…
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…2015 a scandal erupted after Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, was found dead the day before he was scheduled to testify before Congress. Just days earlier he had released a report in which he accused Fernández de Kirchner,…
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
The Nisman scandal
…to undermine his investigation—the prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was found dead of a gunshot wound to his head in his apartment. Nisman, who had begun investigating the bombing in 2004 and who had concluded early on that the government of Iran was behind the attack, accused Fernández de Kirchner, her foreign…
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…to undermine his investigation—the prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was found dead of a gunshot wound to his head in his apartment. Nisman, who had begun investigating the bombing in 2004 and who had concluded early on that the government of Iran was behind the attack, accused Fernández de Kirchner, her foreign…
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