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Argentine justice stated that attack on Jewish mutual aid society As a result, 85 people died in Buenos Aires in 1994 was committed by the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
Argentine justice stated that attack on Jewish mutual aid society As a result, 85 people died in Buenos Aires in 1994 was committed by the terrorist organization Hezbollah. and responded “to the political and strategic plans” of Iran, according to the ruling issued late Thursday.
The ruling of the Federal Court of Cassation for Criminal Cases (court of second instance) also established that The bombing of the headquarters of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) was a crime against humanity..
The decision leaves the door open for Argentina officially sues Iranwho has refused to cooperate with local justice for 30 years and calls for legal reforms to be able try fugitives in absentia.
This attack was the largest on Argentine territory. remains unpunished.
“When it comes to crimes such as terrorism, which, by virtue of their deadly nature and the scale of their injustice, offend the entire international community, the acceptance by the State alternative and additional procedures to enable processes to progress and thereby avoid impunity for authors, instigators and accomplices,” Judge Mahix wrote, arguing for the need for legal reform.
Site of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. Photo: X (@nachomdeo).
IN 2013, Argentina and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at creating a truth commission to investigate the attack.but the agreement never came into force and led to a case being filed against then-former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on charges of a cover-up on the part of the authors.
Judge Mahix emphasized the figure of the former prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who investigated the case and was found dead in his home in January 2015 after accusing Fernandez de Kirchner of hiding information about Iran. in his alleged responsibility for the attack.
Nisman “was very clear that All these circumstances were the reason for the attack on AMIA.which, if we take into account its final consequences, could have tangible results before this decision is made,” Mahix said on Friday in an interview with the publication Radio Miter from Argentina.
ANDI fail too commuted the sentence of former federal judge Juan José Galeano – the first magistrate in charge of the investigation into the attack – to four years in prison, and former prosecutor Eamon Mullen – to two years and six months, and Jose Barbaccia – to two years for failure to perform the duties of a public official.
After the ruling, the office of President Javier Miley celebrated solution and noted that the decision ended decades of delays and cover-ups in the AMIA case.
Celebrating the attack on the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the 25th anniversary of the attack. Photo: Reuters.
“The Federal Court of Criminal Cassation was able to carry out its functions with complete freedom, without political pressure, and deliver the justice that both victims and their families have been waiting for decades,” he said on the social network X.
Government of Israelapplauded judicial charges against Iran and Hezbollah for the attack on AMIA in Buenos Aires in 1994 and demanded that Argentina officially declare the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz addressed this request to his Argentine counterpart Diana Mondino argument that Iran is a common “enemy” and its threat also extends to South America.
According to Katz, action against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would be “an important step in ending Iranian aggression.”
With information from Reuters And Europe Press.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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