Alberto Nisman

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Natalio Alberto Nisman (born December 5, 1963 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † January 18, 2015 there ) was an Argentine lawyer and special prosecutor for the investigation into the bombing of the AMIA building in 1994.

Life

Alberto Nisman comes from a middle-class Jewish family in Buenos Aires . After studying in his hometown, he began his professional career as a prosecutor in Morón in the province of Buenos Aires . He was married to the judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado, with whom he had two daughters.

In 2005 he took over the investigation as a public prosecutor to investigate a bomb attack on the Amia Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed and 300 injured in July 1994. He brought charges against several representatives of the Iranian government in 2013 . In his indictment from 2015 he accused the then Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other high-ranking officials of trying to prevent the investigation of the terrorist attack and at the same time wanting to grant the alleged Iranian masterminds impunity; also because the president spoke out in favor of a truth commission with Iranian participation to clarify the bomb attack .

Death and subsequent development

A few hours before his hearing before the Argentine National Congress , Nisman was found shot dead in his apartment on the evening of January 18, 2015. For a long time it was unclear whether he was murdered or whether he died by suicide . However, no traces of smoke were found on his hands during the investigation . He had also mentioned several threats received. He was buried in a Jewish cemetery near Buenos Aires. President Kirchner, who was accused by Nisman of covering up responsibility for the attack, initially spoke of a suicide; She later shifted the responsibility to a dismissed intelligence worker who worked closely with Nisman and instrumentalized him. Kirchner announced the termination of the service. Kirchner's critics called this version an excuse.

At the end of 2017, a federal judge ruled that Nisman's death could not have been a suicide. An arrest warrant against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for allegedly covering up the attack was issued in December 2017, which has not yet been carried out due to her immunity as a senator. You and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman remain charged with attempting to prevent the persecution of the Iranian masterminds. The background should have been lucrative oil deals with Iran, which should not be disturbed by the investigation.

documentary

  • Justin Webster (Director): Nisman - Death of a Prosecutor , 6-part documentary, Spain 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Sydow: Terrorist investigator in Argentina: Mysterious death in the bathroom. In: Spiegel Online . January 19, 2015, accessed January 23, 2015 .
  2. ^ After 17 years on Argentine bomb case, prosecutor was sure 'truth will triumph' (Engl.), Washington Post, February 1, 2015
  3. ^ Quién era el fiscal Natalio Alberto Nisman ( Spanish ) La Nación. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ La ex mujer explicó a la Justicia detalles de cómo fue el regreso anticipado de Nisman al país. In: clarin.com , January 24, 2015, accessed February 22, 2015
  5. ↑ Argentina publishes indictment against President. In: Zeit Online . January 21, 2015, accessed January 23, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Sandro Benini: Many do not believe in suicide. In: Tages-Anzeiger . January 20, 2015, accessed January 23, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Clear case of suicide? In: Telepolis , accessed January 25, 2015
  8. ↑ Mythical death of a public prosecutor. ( Memento from January 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: tagesschau.de , January 20, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ More and more doubts about the prosecutor's suicide. In: Telepolis , accessed January 25, 2015
  10. ↑ Nisman: “Yo puedo salir muerto de ésto”. In: clarin.com , accessed January 25, 2015 (Spanish).
  11. ^ Argentine public prosecutor buried. In: juedische-allgemeine.de , January 30, 2015, accessed on February 22, 2015
  12. ↑ Comment by Victoria Eglau : Trimming braids: Kirchner wants to dissolve the secret service. In: Deutschlandfunk , January 31, 2015
  13. ↑ Research on Nisman's death: Reporter fears for his life in Argentina. In: Der Spiegel
  14. ^ Federal judge: Prosecutor Nisman was murdered. In: FAZ , December 27, 2017.
  15. ↑ Investigations in Argentina: arrest warrant against ex-President Kirchner . In: tagesschau.de , December 7, 2017 (accessed December 7, 2017).
  16. ↑ Argentina: Federal court assumes political murder of public prosecutor . In: Spiegel Online . June 2, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 24, 2019]).
  17. ^ Nisman , in: IMDb , accessed Jan. 27, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Nisman, Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nisman, Natalio Alberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine lawyer and public prosecutor
DATE OF BIRTH 5th December 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 2015
Place of death Buenos Aires , Argentina