Argentina judge says death of prosecutor Nisman was murder
Source: Reuters
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December 26, 2017 / 5:45 PM / Updated an hour ago
Argentina judge says death of prosecutor Nisman was murder
Reuters Staff
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who was found dead days after accusing former President Cristina Fernandez of covering up Irans role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center, was murdered, a federal judge said on Tuesday.
In a 656-page ruling, judge Julian Ercolini said there was sufficient proof to conclude that the shot to the head that killed Nisman in January 2015 was not self-inflicted. That marked the first time any judge has said the case was a murder.
Fernandez and others had suggested the death was a suicide, but a prosecutor investigating the case last year recommended it be pursued as a murder probe.
Nismans death could not have been a suicide, Ercolini wrote in Tuesdays ruling, which also charged Diego Lagomarsino, a former employee of Nismans, with accessory to murder.
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