Rubio commemorates victims of 1994 antisemitic terror attack in Argentina “We must continue to advocate for justice and accountability,” the Florida senator said. Feb. 21, 2024
Prosecutor: Terrorists behind Argentina’s AMIA bombing to be brought to justice “The case is open, and the extradition orders are in force,” pronounces Sebastian Basso. Aug. 27, 2021
Justice is elusive six years after the murder of Alberto Nisman Victims’ hopes of a conviction in the AMIA bombing were dashed as an Argentine federal court announced the acquittal of Carlos Telleldin, who allegedly purchased a van fitted with 606 pounds of ammonium nitrate explosives that demolished the five-story community center. Toby Dershowitz Jan. 21, 2021
Netflix docuseries examines the killing of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman “Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy” examines his death just hours before he was to present evidence about parties associated with the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. Jan. 3, 2020
AMIA 25 years on: Insult, injury and Argentina’s upcoming election No one, not a single person, has been tried and convicted for their role in Latin America’s worst terrorist atrocity, in which 85 people died and more than 300 were wounded. Will a shift in leadership change that this fall? Ben Cohen July 19, 2019
House introduces bipartisan resolution to mark AMIA bombing, seek justice The measure acknowledges that Hezbollah member Ibrahim Hussein Berro was identified as the AMIA bomber. June 14, 2019
Verdict of Argentinian court on AMIA Jewish-center bombing case prompts mixed reactions Investigations into the attack have made little progress. Decades of investigation in Argentina have been roiled by political interference and allegations of corruption. Yossi Lempkowicz March 3, 2019
25 years after the AMIA bombing, justice is again denied The victims and their families just received yet another kick in the teeth when a court in Buenos Aires acquitted former Argentine President Carlos Menem of engaging in a cover-up during the first, thoroughly discredited AMIA investigation. Ben Cohen March 1, 2019
Crimes go unpunished in Argentina On Jan. 18, the day before he was to present a report to Argentina’s Congress, federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in the bathroom of his locked 13th-floor apartment. A .22-caliber bullet had been fired at close range into his head. Clifford D. May and Toby Dershowitz Jan. 27, 2019