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Argentina to put Iranians and Lebanese on trial in absentia over 1994 Jewish center bombing
ARGENTINA, JUN 26 – Judge Daniel Rafecas ordered the first in absentia trial under a new Argentine law for ten Iranian and Lebanese suspects accused in the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 people.
- Ten Iranian and Lebanese suspects will be tried in absentia for the 1994 bombing that killed 85 and injured over 300 at the Argentine Mutual Israelite Association in Buenos Aires, according to Argentine federal Judge Daniel Rafecas.
- Judge Daniel Rafecas applied Argentina's new 'trial in absentia' law to the case, allowing trials for defendants who evade justice, according to reports by AFP and Perfil.
- President Javier Milei spearheaded the legislative reform that legalized trials in absentia to prevent impunity for crimes against humanity.
- If upheld, the oral proceedings for the trial are expected to begin within the year, setting a legal precedent for international terrorism cases where suspects are unreachable by domestic courts.
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Three Decades On, Argentina Mourns AMIA Building Bombing
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina on Friday commemorated the 31st anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history, a car bombing that targeted the seven-story Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) community center in Buenos Aires. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The attack on July 18, 1994, left 85 people […]
This week, federal justice took a historic step against impunity: for the first time in history, the law of trial was applied in absentia in criminal proceedings. It was no less than in the case in which the attack on AMIA, which has been unsolved for more than thirty years, is being investigated.Now, at the request of the new norm promoted by the government of Javier Milei and sanctioned by the Congress of the Nation in March of this year (Law …
A court will announce the day of commencement of the oral trial for the cover-up of five Iranians reported by Nisman. In addition, a case for the destruction of evidence of the attack was reactivated, including a secret report by Stiuso on Iran’s requests for nuclear cooperation. Carrió’s suspicions of clandestine triangulation.
Argentina Judge OKs Putting Former Iranian Officials on Trial for Terrorism
A judge in Argentina ruled on Thursday that the country could place ten Iranian and Lebanese citizens – including the recently appointed head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – on trial in absentia for their suspected roles in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA). The post Argentina Judge OKs Putting Former Iranian Officials on Trial for Terrorism appeared first on Breitbart.
Argentina to Try Iranian, Lebanese Suspects in Absentia Over 1994 AMIA Bombing in Historic Legal Shift
People hold images of the victims of the 1994 bombing attack on the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) community center, marking the 30th anniversary of the attack, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Irina Dambrauskas A federal judge in Argentina has ordered the trial in absentia of ten Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of orchestrating the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) J…
Ten suspects, Iranians and Lebanese, will be tried in absentia in Argentina in the case of the bombing of the Jewish mutual Amia in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people and injured some 300 people in 1994, ordered a federal judge on Thursday.
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