Zaffaroni: Nisman a victim of AMIA case diversion
Former Supreme Court judge Eugenio Zaffaroni has offered his own interpretation of the circumstances surrounding the death of AMIA lead prosecutor Alberto Nisman, claiming that the official was another casualty of the arduous process in investigating the events of the bombing back in 1994.
"[Nisman] was a victim of twisted facts, and false leads, I have no reason to believe he did this maliciously. At some point he had to realise that was wrong," the retired magistrate told DyN.
The prosecutor had last week accused President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other leading government figures of covering up the events of 1994, when a bomb in the Jewish community centre took the lives of 85 people.
Zaffaroni added that Nisman's decision to return unexpectedly from Europe, where he was on holiday with his 15-year-old daughter, in order to present his accusations during a judicial recess was "strange behaviour."
"This man interrupted abruptly his trip and came to present a file of 350 pages. It is very strange, something made him come back to present his file in the middle of a recess," he affirmed.
"He is not the first victim to have suffered from false leads in the case. The right path to follow is returning to the case, and seeing in what state the investigation is in."
The judge concluded that Nisman's accusation, released in full yesterday, "does not constitution any sort of criminal activity" on the part of those identified by the late prosecutor.
"To start with there is something in the content, in the description of events, what is being accused is not criminal activity, and that is the problem. From basic law I cannot find a crime, I do not see how it all fits," he said.
"[Nisman] was a victim of twisted facts, and false leads, I have no reason to believe he did this maliciously. At some point he had to realise that was wrong," the retired magistrate told DyN.
The prosecutor had last week accused President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other leading government figures of covering up the events of 1994, when a bomb in the Jewish community centre took the lives of 85 people.
Zaffaroni added that Nisman's decision to return unexpectedly from Europe, where he was on holiday with his 15-year-old daughter, in order to present his accusations during a judicial recess was "strange behaviour."
"This man interrupted abruptly his trip and came to present a file of 350 pages. It is very strange, something made him come back to present his file in the middle of a recess," he affirmed.
"He is not the first victim to have suffered from false leads in the case. The right path to follow is returning to the case, and seeing in what state the investigation is in."
The judge concluded that Nisman's accusation, released in full yesterday, "does not constitution any sort of criminal activity" on the part of those identified by the late prosecutor.
"To start with there is something in the content, in the description of events, what is being accused is not criminal activity, and that is the problem. From basic law I cannot find a crime, I do not see how it all fits," he said.
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