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forest444

(5,902 posts)
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 06:02 PM Mar 2016

Nisman case prosecutor implicates the owner of the murder/suicide weapon, Diego Lagomarsino.

District Attorney Ricardo Sáenz, chief prosecutor on the case of the death of the controversial AMIA Bombing prosecutor Alberto Nisman, declared that Diego Lagomarsino, the Nisman computer technician and confidant whose gun was used to fire the fatal shot, should be declared a suspect in the case.

Sáenz, who replaced the initial prosecutor, Viviana Fein, in December, recategorized the wrongful death case as a murder investigation on February 25.

Speaking to Continental Radio, Sáenz stressed that doing so would be "the only way to put the case in order." Sáenz first brooked the possibility of officially naming Lagomarsino a suspect the day he declared the case as a murder investigation on February 25. For Sáenz, Lagomarsino should be investigated for murder and not solely for providing Nisman with the weapon that fired the fatal shot. "Lagomarsino has to be investigated in regards to all aspects of the case, even the death itself," he said, "but that's the judge's decision."

He was also "surprised" by Judge Fabiana Palmaghini's sudden decision to decide she has no jurisdiction over the case after having overseen it since days after Nisman's death on January 18, 2015. Palmaghini, a Criminal Court Judge, is transferring the case to a Federal Court - a controversial decision in itself since most Federal Court judges in Buenos Aires are known to be close to President Mauricio Macri.

Referring to yesterday's deposition of former State Intelligence operative Antonio "Jaime" Stiusso, Sáenz dismissed his "attempt to cast aspersions against the previous administration while himself knowing there is nothing in his own, very brief affidavit to indicate it." Stiusso, who worked closely with Nisman and persuaded him to dismiss his security detail shortly before his death, was fired by former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner one month before Nisman's death.

Sáenz believes that both Fein and Palmaghini "have been promoting a fiction by which Lagomarsino is only charged with the delivery of the weapon." Doing so, he pointed out, allowed the computer technician to "participate in all aspects of the investigation" even as a potential suspect. Lagomarsino, said Sáenz, could then use the information to "appeal any court findings as to the mode of death, be it murder or a suicide."

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Nisman case prosecutor implicates the owner of the murder/suicide weapon, Diego Lagomarsino. (Original Post) forest444 Mar 2016 OP
Yes, that was strange. nt bemildred Mar 2016 #1
Lagomarsino's explanation about loaning Nisman his gun always did sound peculiar, didn't it? Judi Lynn Mar 2016 #2
I remember him from the 60 Minutes interview. Never saw anybody go that long without blinking. forest444 Mar 2016 #3
Fascinating information! I just looked for photos of the lawyer, found one of Rusconi with Menem! Judi Lynn Mar 2016 #4
That long stare. bemildred Mar 2016 #5
It's definitely not a good look! He may have learned that in prison. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2016 #6

Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts)
2. Lagomarsino's explanation about loaning Nisman his gun always did sound peculiar, didn't it?
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 10:57 PM
Mar 2016

[center]

Lagomarsino illustrates why it's always better to drink water from an opague cup if someone's watching you.
That way no one will see your teeth, lips, and tongue in there. Also, don't chew the water. That freaks people out.



Lagomarsino contending he is Nisman.





A man smooshing Diego Lagomarsino's head against his bosom.



Another man considering smooshing Diego Lagomarsino against his bosom.


Is he getting afraid to go out in public, afraid of being grabbed and smooshed repeatedly?[/center]

forest444

(5,902 posts)
3. I remember him from the 60 Minutes interview. Never saw anybody go that long without blinking.
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 11:19 PM
Mar 2016

The man holding him close to his suit is very interesting too: that's Maximiliano Rusconi, his former lawyer (who quit a couple of months ago once he realized his client was nearly impossible to defend).

And Rusconi has never been shy about defending controversial clients. His most famous former client was none other than former President Carlos Menem, whom Rusconi defended (unsuccessfully) during Menem's 2001 trial for arms trafficking to Croatia and Ecuador during their respective wars.

Rusconi also defended General Raúl Gallardo, who was charged (and ultimately sentenced) for ordering the deaths of four Catamarca Province activists during the Dirty War.

A real bottom feeder, you might say.

Thank you for illustrating this thread so well, Judi. Pictures that say a thousand words.

Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts)
4. Fascinating information! I just looked for photos of the lawyer, found one of Rusconi with Menem!
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 12:06 AM
Mar 2016

[center]



Gen. Raúl Horacio Gallardo.



Attorney to the Black Holes of Argentina. [/center]
Your last post was highly helpful. I never would have guessed that suit also defended some of the Dirtiest Warriors. Yikes.

(Side note, Menem doesn't look quite as cocky in that photo, does he? Ha ha ha. I loved it when he divorced his 2nd wife, in order to marry a Miss Universe contestant, only to have her disrespect him. Too funny for words.)

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
5. That long stare.
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 08:05 AM
Mar 2016

Generally, in real life, when I see that stare I start considering being somewhere else, not where they are.

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