Argentine prosecutor Nisman was ‘assassinated,’ says family

The Argentine prosecutor who died mysteriously while pursuing a case against President Cristina Kirchner was “assassinated,” his ex-wife said Thursday after commissioning an unofficial probe.

Alberto Nisman, who accused Kirchner of shielding Iranian officials from prosecution over the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center, “was killed, his death is an assassination,” says Sandra Arroyo Salgado, a judge who is his ex-wife and mother of his two daughters.

Nisman was found dead in his bathroom on January 18, on the eve of congressional hearings where he was due to present his accusations against Kirchner.

The family commissioned its own independent investigation into his death, initially labelled a suicide. An official inquiry is ongoing.

— AFP

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