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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDraft of Arrest Warrant for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutor’s Home
Draft of Arrest Warrant for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutors Home
BUENOS AIRES Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor whose mysterious death has gripped Argentina, had drafted a warrant for the arrest of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, accusing her of trying to shield Iranian officials from responsibility in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center here, the lead investigator into his death said on Tuesday.
The 26-page document, which was found in the garbage at Mr. Nismans apartment, also requested the arrest of Héctor Timerman, Argentinas foreign minister. Both Mrs. Kirchner and Mr. Timerman have repeatedly denied Mr. Nismans accusation that they tried to reach a secret deal with Iran to lift international arrest warrants for Iranian officials wanted in connection with the bombing.
The new revelation that Mr. Nisman had drafted arrest warrants for the president and the foreign minister further illustrates the heightened tensions between him and the government before he was found dead on Jan. 18 at his apartment with a gunshot wound to his head. He had been scheduled the next day to provide details before Congress about his accusations against Mrs. Kirchner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/world/americas/argentina-prosecutor-alberto-nisman-arrest-warrant-cristina-de-kirchner.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=1
BUENOS AIRES Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor whose mysterious death has gripped Argentina, had drafted a warrant for the arrest of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, accusing her of trying to shield Iranian officials from responsibility in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center here, the lead investigator into his death said on Tuesday.
The 26-page document, which was found in the garbage at Mr. Nismans apartment, also requested the arrest of Héctor Timerman, Argentinas foreign minister. Both Mrs. Kirchner and Mr. Timerman have repeatedly denied Mr. Nismans accusation that they tried to reach a secret deal with Iran to lift international arrest warrants for Iranian officials wanted in connection with the bombing.
The new revelation that Mr. Nisman had drafted arrest warrants for the president and the foreign minister further illustrates the heightened tensions between him and the government before he was found dead on Jan. 18 at his apartment with a gunshot wound to his head. He had been scheduled the next day to provide details before Congress about his accusations against Mrs. Kirchner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/world/americas/argentina-prosecutor-alberto-nisman-arrest-warrant-cristina-de-kirchner.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=1
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Draft of Arrest Warrant for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutor’s Home (Original Post)
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2015
OP
I'm not normally opposed to the offing of lawyers (apologies to present company) but
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2015
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msanthrope
(37,549 posts)1. Well, well, well....I suspect Kirchner will bring up the Falklands, and
blame Obama, shortly.
COLGATE4
(14,791 posts)2. No No No. It's the "Malvinas", silly. nt
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)5. Indeed......thank you for reminding me of the DU-correct term that no one
who lives there uses.
COLGATE4
(14,791 posts)6. Well, just because the people who actually live there
call them the Falklands, why deprive the Argentines of a good jingoistic rant?
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)3. I'm not normally opposed to the offing of lawyers (apologies to present company) but
this seems particularly heinous. Kirchner always struck me as kind of dodgy. I know she has a fan base for thumbing her nose at all the right names to hate but the balance of her actions have not been what one would hope to see from a mature adult let alone a nation's chief executive.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)4. Something very dodgy is going on here...and I think your observation about
her is correct....something offf with her comportment.