On January 18th, 2015, Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in his Buenos
Aires apartment the day before he was due to give testimony about an alleged government
cover-up of a terrorist attack.
Reports suggest that Nisman had committed suicide but investigators are treating his
death as suspicious.
So if he didn’t kill himself, then who did?
Alberto was the lead prosecutor on an investigation into the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community
center in Buenos Aires, which left 85 people dead.
Reports suggest that Nisman believed that Iran had planned and financed the attack.
And just before his death, he accused Argentinean President Kirchner and other government aides,
of sabotaging his investigation.
During the inquiry into the terror attack, Nisman intercepted phone calls that the Argentine
government had made to Iran.
It’s reported that Argentinian and Iranian officials had attempted to make a secret deal
which would have shielded Iran from any legal action for the bombing, in exchange for oil.
Nisman was due to present his accusations to Congress the day after he died.
A draft for the President’s arrest was also found in his trash.
Facing accusations that Nisman’s death was a political cover-up, Kirchner proposed legislation
that would dismantle Argentina’s premier foreign and national intelligence agency agency,
the Secretariat Intelligence.
But why would the President want to dismantle it’s leading intelligence agency?
Well, Kirchner has suggested that the agency may be responsible for Nisman’s death, claiming
that intelligence agents used Nisman for the investigation to blame her for the terrorist
cover-up, but then decided to kill him.
Reports suggest that Kirchner is pointing the blame at a former S.I.
agent called Antonio Stiusso.
According to experts Stuisso was one of Argentina’s most powerful spies largely due to his expertise
with phone tapping.
It’s reported that Stuisso helped Nisman during his investigation to eavesdrop on secret
conversations between Argentina and Iran.
However, in December 2014, Stiusso was abruptly discharged from the S.I.
after almost four decades of service.
Despite leaving the S.I., it’s reported that the two men remained in contact.
The lead investigator into Nisman’s death has told reporters that phone records indicate
that Stiusso called Nisman hours before he died.
Nisman’s death remains unexplained but the formal investigation is just beginning.
And as more information about the government’s deal with Iran is revealed, experts are concerned
that Argentina might be on the verge of a political crisis.
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