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Judi Lynn

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6. 10 police officers under investigation after Argentine prosecutor slain in his home
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 04:59 AM
Jan 2015

10 police officers under investigation after Argentine prosecutor slain in his home

The Associated Press
Published Friday, January 23, 2015 10:22PM EST

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The 10 police officers assigned to protect a federal prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez of shielding Iranians sought in an Argentine terrorist bombing are being investigated for their actions on the day the prosecutor was found shot to death.

The officers, along with two supervisors, are being looked at as part of an internal police investigation into the handling of Alberto Nisman's death, a person close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Friday on condition of anonymity.
The officers are not considered suspects, said the person, who was not authorized to comment publicly.
In particular, he said, investigators are looking into the time it took two officers assigned to the door of Nisman's building to advise their superiors that they had not been able to reach him by telephone.

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Also on Friday, justice officials said they have been unable to locate the man who loaned Nisman the gun used in his death despite "repeated attempts," and were ordering that he be barred from leaving the country without first getting permission from Argentine authorities.

Diego Lagomarsino, who spoke to authorities soon after Nisman's death, said he had given a .22-calibre pistol to Nisman because the prosecutor wanted it for protection. Lagomarsino has not been named as a suspect

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/10-police-officers-under-investigation-after-argentine-prosecutor-slain-in-his-home-1.2203846#ixzz3PjPb9Vuc



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