{"id":109544,"date":"2015-02-03T23:01:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=109544"},"modified":"2022-11-23T19:47:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:47:44","slug":"draft-of-arrest-warrant-for-argentine-president-found-at-dead-prosecutors-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2015\/02\/03\/draft-of-arrest-warrant-for-argentine-president-found-at-dead-prosecutors-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft of Arrest Warrant for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutor\u2019s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"story-header\" class=\"story-header\">\n<div id=\"story-meta\" class=\"story-meta \">\n<div id=\"story-meta-footer\" class=\"story-meta-footer\">\n<p class=\"byline-dateline\"><span class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"byline-author\" data-byline-name=\"SIMON ROMERO\" data-twitter-handle=\"viaSimonRomero\">SIMON ROMERO<\/span><\/span><time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2015-02-03\">FEB. 3, 2015<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"story-body\" class=\"story-body\">\n<div id=\"sharetools-story\" class=\"sharetools theme-classic  sharetools-story  \" data-share-tools-initialized=\"1\" data-shares=\"email,facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet,save,show-all|more,ad\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/04\/world\/americas\/argentina-prosecutor-alberto-nisman-arrest-warrant-cristina-de-kirchner.html\" data-title=\"Draft of Arrest Warrant for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutor\u2019s Home\" data-media=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/02\/04\/world\/americas\/04argentina-web\/04argentina-web-jumbo.jpg\" data-description=\"Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who was found dead recently, had drafted a warrant for the arrest of President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, whom he had accused of obstructing his investigation.\" data-publish-date=\"February 3, 2015\">\n<figure id=\"media-100000003489202\" class=\"media photo lede layout-large-horizontal\" data-media-action=\"modal\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Photo<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-viewer-candidate\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/02\/04\/world\/americas\/04argentina-web\/04argentina-web-articleLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mediaviewer-src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/02\/04\/world\/americas\/04argentina-web\/04argentina-web-superJumbo.jpg\" data-mediaviewer-caption=\"People rallied outside the wake for Alberto Nisman in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Mr. Nisman, a prosecutor, was found dead in mysterious circumstances last month.\" data-mediaviewer-credit=\"Rodrigo Abd\/Associated Press\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-action-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"> <span class=\"caption-text\">People rallied outside the wake for Alberto Nisman in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Mr. Nisman, a prosecutor, was found dead in mysterious circumstances last month.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\"> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Credit<\/span> Rodrigo Abd\/Associated Press <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"story-continues-1\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"346\" data-total-count=\"346\">BUENOS AIRES \u2014 Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor whose mysterious death has gripped Argentina, had drafted a warrant for the arrest of President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, accusing her of trying to shield Iranian officials from responsibility in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center here, the lead investigator into his death said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"393\" data-total-count=\"739\">The 26-page document, which was found in the garbage at Mr. Nisman\u2019s apartment, also requested the arrest of H\u00e9ctor Timerman, Argentina\u2019s foreign minister. Both Mrs. Kirchner and Mr. Timerman have repeatedly denied Mr. Nisman\u2019s accusation that they tried to reach a secret deal with Iran to lift international arrest warrants for Iranian officials wanted in connection with the bombing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"marginalia related-coverage-marginalia nocontent robots-nocontent\" data-marginalia-type=\"sprinkled\">\n<div class=\"nocontent robots-nocontent\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"module-heading\">Related Coverage<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<article class=\"story theme-summary\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/01\/31\/world\/31ARGENTINA\/31ARGENTINA-thumbStandard.jpg\" alt=\"President\u00a0Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner\u00a0of\u00a0Argentina at a meeting with government officials Friday in Buenos Aires.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-action-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"story-heading\"><span class=\"story-heading-text\">Argentine Leader Pleads For Unity During Inquiry <\/span><time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2015-01-30\">JAN. 30, 2015<\/time><\/h2>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article class=\"story theme-summary\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/01\/29\/world\/29ARGENTINAWEB\/29ARGENTINAWEB-thumbStandard.jpg\" alt=\"Diego Lagomarsino, said Wednesday that he had given Alberto Nisman a pistol.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-action-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"story-heading\"><span class=\"story-heading-text\"> Suspicion Is Cast on Aide in Death of Argentine Prosecutor <\/span><time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2015-01-28\">JAN. 28, 2015<\/time><\/h2>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article class=\"story theme-summary\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/01\/27\/world\/27argentina\/27argentina-thumbStandard.jpg\" alt=\"Dami\u00e1n Pachter, a journalist who fled Argentina after reporting on the death of a prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, arrived in Israel on Monday.\u00a0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-action-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"story-heading\"><span class=\"story-heading-text\">Journalist Who Reported on Argentine Prosecutor\u2019s Death Flees to Israel<\/span><time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2015-01-26\">JAN. 26, 2015<\/time><\/h2>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article class=\"story theme-summary\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/01\/24\/world\/24argentinaweb1\/24argentinaweb1-thumbStandard.jpg\" alt=\"Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who was investigating the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association community center, was found dead at his apartment on Sunday.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-action-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"story-heading\"><span class=\"story-heading-text\">Argentina Points to Spy After Lawyer\u2019s Eerie Death <\/span><time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2015-01-23\">JAN. 23, 2015<\/time><\/h2>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article class=\"story theme-summary\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/01\/22\/world\/SUB-JP-ARGENTINA-1\/SUB-JP-ARGENTINA-1-thumbStandard.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the prosecutor Alberto Nisman at a rally in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Mr. Nisman, who was investigating a 1994 attack on a Jewish center, was found dead on Sunday.\u00a0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-action-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"story-heading\"><span class=\"story-heading-text\">Argentine Phone Calls Detail Efforts to Shield Iran<\/span><time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2015-01-21\">JAN. 21, 2015<\/time><\/h2>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"story-continues-2\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"382\" data-total-count=\"1121\">The new revelation that Mr. Nisman had drafted arrest warrants for the president and the foreign minister further illustrates the heightened tensions between him and the government before he was found dead on Jan. 18 at his apartment with a gunshot wound to his head. He had been scheduled the next day to provide details before Congress about his accusations against Mrs. Kirchner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"media-100000003489205\" class=\"media photo embedded has-adjacency has-lede-adjacency layout-large-horizontal media-100000003489205 ratio-tall\" data-media-action=\"modal\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Photo<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-viewer-candidate\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/02\/04\/world\/04argentina-web2\/04argentina-web2-articleLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mediaviewer-src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/02\/04\/world\/04argentina-web2\/04argentina-web2-superJumbo.jpg\" data-mediaviewer-caption=\"President Cristina Fern&amp;aacute;ndez de Kirchner of Argentina during a televised ceremony in Buenos Aires on Friday.\" data-mediaviewer-credit=\"Rodrigo Abd\/Associated Press\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-action-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"> <span class=\"caption-text\">President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner of Argentina during a televised ceremony in Buenos Aires on Friday.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\"> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Credit<\/span> Rodrigo Abd\/Associated Press <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"349\" data-total-count=\"1470\">\u201cIt would have provoked a crisis without precedents in Argentina,\u201d said Sergio Berensztein, a political analyst, about the impact of the warrants if they had been issued. He acknowledged that previous legal cases had shaken Argentina\u2019s political establishment, but he emphasized that this case involved a request to arrest a sitting president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"86\" data-total-count=\"1556\">\u201cIt would have been a scandal on a level previously unseen,\u201d Mr. Berensztein said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-3\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"422\" data-total-count=\"1978\">Mrs. Kirchner, who is on a visit to China, issued a stream of updates on Twitter about strengthening ties between Buenos Aires and Beijing but did not comment immediately on the confirmation that Mr. Nisman had considered seeking her arrest. She and the foreign minister have previously pointed to statements by Interpol&#8217;s former director that the Argentine government did not lobby it to lift the Iranian arrest warrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"351\" data-total-count=\"2329\">Viviana Fein, the prosecutor investigating Mr. Nisman\u2019s death, confirmed on Tuesday morning that Mr. Nisman had prepared the draft of the warrant requesting the president\u2019s arrest. Confusion about the document had emerged when Ms. Fein had initially denied its existence, after the newspaper Clar\u00edn published an article on Sunday about the draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"331\" data-total-count=\"2660\">Mrs. Kirchner\u2019s cabinet chief, Jorge Capitanich, tore up the article before reporters on Monday. But then Ms. Fein corrected her earlier statement and confirmed the existence of the draft, which Clar\u00edn said was prepared in June 2014, more than six months before Mr. Nisman went public with his accusations against the president.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-4\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"146\" data-total-count=\"2806\">\u201cThe words I should have used are, \u2018It\u2019s evident that there was a draft,\u2019\u200a\u200a\u201d Ms. Fein said in comments broadcast on Argentine radio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"376\" data-total-count=\"3182\">The draft of the arrest warrants was not included in a 289-page criminal complaint against Mrs. Kirchner, the foreign minister and prominent supporters of the president that Mr. Nisman filed. Mr. Nisman accused them of derailing his decade-long investigation into the 1994 bombing of the Argentina Israelite Mutual Association, commonly called AMIA, which left 85 people dead.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-5\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"260\" data-total-count=\"3442\">Two judges have refused to take the case made by Mr. Nisman, raising the possibility that his complaint could languish in Argentina\u2019s legal system if another judge is not found to continue it. A federal chamber is expected to decide who should take the case.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"marginalia comments-marginalia  selected-comment-marginalia\" data-marginalia-type=\"sprinkled\" data-skip-to-para-id=\"story-continues-6\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"module-heading\"><i class=\"icon\"><\/i>Recent Comments<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"comments-view\">\n<article class=\"comment\" data-permid=\"14025493\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"commenter\">Nr<\/h2>\n<p><time class=\"comment-time\" datetime=\"\">15 minutes ago<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"comment-text\">The fish rots from the head down. There are a lot of wonderful things about Argentina, but its political system and its corruption are not&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" data-permid=\"14025487\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"commenter\">Nick<\/h2>\n<p><time class=\"comment-time\" datetime=\"\">15 minutes ago<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"comment-text\">If John le Carr\u00e9 was writing this story, it would sound too far-fetched.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" data-permid=\"14025432\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"commenter\">sixmile<\/h2>\n<p><time class=\"comment-time\" datetime=\"\">15 minutes ago<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"comment-text\">Some of the same parties who quickly embraced the idea that Nisman was a suicide were also very quick to blame others for his homicide.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<ul class=\"comment-actions\">\n<li class=\"comment-count\">See All Comments<\/li>\n<li class=\"comment-reply\">Write a comment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/footer>\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"story-continues-6\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"380\" data-total-count=\"3822\">Mrs. Kirchner and senior officials have criticized Mr. Nisman\u2019s complaint, disputing his findings and contending that agents from Argentina\u2019s premier intelligence services were involved in preparing it. In the uproar around the prosecutor\u2019s death, Mrs. Kirchner announced a plan last week to overhaul the intelligence agency, following a purge of its leadership in December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"story-continues-7\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"243\" data-total-count=\"4065\">Meanwhile, the investigation into Mr. Nisman\u2019s death is proceeding as theories swirl in Argentina about whether it was a suicide or a killing. Mrs. Kirchner has suggested that Mr. Nisman\u2019s death is part of a plot to tarnish her government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"251\" data-total-count=\"4316\">Underscoring the tension surrounding the death of Mr. Nisman, who was buried at a Jewish cemetery last week, anti-Semitic posters began appearing in central Buenos Aires this week. They read: \u201cThe good Jew is the dead Jew. The good Jew is Nisman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"304\" data-total-count=\"4620\">Julio Schlosser, the president of the Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations, said, \u201cThese posters represent a current of anti-Semitism seeking to insult the prosecutor Nisman, who worked and dedicated his life to the AMIA case.\u201d He added, \u201cIt is also a provocation to the Jewish community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By SIMON ROMEROFEB. 3, 2015 Photo People rallied outside the wake for Alberto Nisman in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Mr. Nisman, a prosecutor, was found dead in mysterious circumstances last month. 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