/* Mr Nisman (pictured) was the chief investigator of the 1994 bombing of AMIA, a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 86 people (including the terrorist) and injured hundreds. In a 300-page document filed with a court on January 14th he alleged that Ms Fernández, the foreign minister, Héctor Timerman, and others had opened up backchannel negotiations with Iran, whose officials are suspected of organising the attack. The idea was to reach an agreement clearing the Iranian suspects in return for a deal under which Argentina could swap grain for badly needed oil. Mr Nisman was found dead just hours before he was due to present his findings in a closed hearing before Congress’s criminal-affairs committee. Mr Nisman’s death throws his case against the government into confusion and politics into turmoil. Since filing his allegations he had been nervous. He talked of beefing up his security detail and reportedly said to associates, “I’m playing with my life here.” [...] If it turns out to be suicide, the consequences, while grave, will not be catastrophic. A debate would begin about whether to press ahead with Mr Nisman’s investigation, says Sergio Berensztein, a political analyst. If it is murder, on the other hand, the hunt for culprits could trigger political and social chaos, he believes. */
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:46:26 +0000