Deal with Iran: Relatives of victims of attacks on AMIA and DAIA have demanded that the case be reopened and that Christina Kirchner be tried.

As plaintiffs, they requested the dismissal of the vice-president and the rest of the defendants named by Nisman in the criminal cassation chamber; Request an oral and public trial

November 8, 202212:31

In their role as plaintiffs, the relatives of the victims of the AMIA attack Mario Aberbui and Louis Czyzewskirepresented by a lawyer Juan Jose Avila They asked the federal cassation chamber today to be dismissed Christina Kirchner and other parties involved in the case by signature Memorandum of Understanding with Iran. According to the lawyer, the judgment by which the parties were released has been issued Federal Oral Court 8 October 2021, It was issued “arbitrarily and illegally”.

“The investigation started, the prosecutor always supported, there was a prosecution, the charge was confirmed by the chamber, the prosecutor together with this party requested to transfer the case to trial, and finally the cassation magistrate refused,” Avila said. said on the case initiated by the prosecutor’s office Alberto Nisman.

Avila requested an oral and public trial to convict the accused and stated that the decision of the TOF is illegal. “They are deprived of the right, which belongs to the accused party, to present and discuss the facts that are in dispute until the judges have made their final reasons. We request that the dismissal be vacated and that the federal issue, which has already been introduced, be deemed settled for the reasons set forth herein, supplementing the already filed cassation complaint,” he argued.

Then Aberwooj spoke. “I speak as a father. I am Yanina’s father, also known as Louis Czyzewski, Paola’s father. There are no headlines here, only pain and the need for answers. We struggle to find in justice the answer we never found. We are facing an attempt by Justice to close another disastrous chapter in history. It seems paradoxical, if it wasn’t so sad and with so many people lost, it might be a tongue twister,” he said.

The DAIAwho is also a plaintiff, through a lawyer Gabriel Camizier, He was going to present his arguments at the session, but instead he presented them briefly. According to the brief submitted to the cassation, the decision of TOF 8 “is an incorrect and capricious assessment of the evidence and records of the case, which is an arbitrary decision and lacks legal support, ignoring the consistency that should be the act of valid jurisdiction.” respect”.

“We stand by a resolution steeped in dogmatic definitions, without rational and legal support, which was based only on an obvious and contradictory way, turned out to be arbitrary and partial,” DAIA added in a briefing.

Christina, in writing

The ruling of TOF 8 was issued in October last year. Today, the relatives of the deceased demanded an oral trial in this case. Unlike lawyers Carlos Zannini, Eduardo Zuain and Juan Martin MenaAfter presenting their arguments orally to the judges so that the case remains closed, Christina Kirchner’s defense will present its arguments in writing and request confirmation of TOF 8’s decision.

After the publication of the complaint of the relatives, it was the turn of the defense of the accused. Referring specifically to the evidence in the case, the lawyer of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduardo Zuain – the current ambassador of Argentina in Moscow – Martin Arias Duvallsaid the signing of the memorandum does not imply the revocation of the Red Circular Alert or the international arrest warrant, as alleged by the indictment.

“If we analyze the Interpol report, we conclude that the decision of both Interpol and the Argentine authorities, which intervened in the reports and exchanges, was to always have the arrest warrants and red notices in force,” said Arias Duval.

Asked to confirm the dismissal, he said: “We may or may not like the reaction to the deal, but that falls into the realm of political issues that cannot be prosecuted. It was a political agreement between the two countries, in which their foreign ministries intervened. In the field of diplomacy, there are issues that are discussed publicly and others that are not disclosed because it could endanger diplomatic relations between countries, but in the end it was an initiative that came from the Argentine executive within its authority and that it in no way affects the red notices or arrests on the operation of the warrant”.

Then a lawyer Mariano Fragueiro Frias, Former Legal and Technical Secretary and Acting Treasury Solicitor Carlos Zanini, He said: “This case should never have come to this” and discussed the way the case was carried out with severe criticism of the procedure it had adopted. Then it was revealed Marcos Aldazábal, lawyer of Juan Martin Mena. The three defense attorneys emphasized that the signing of the memorandum does not imply the cancellation of the red circular signaling and criticized the timing of the opening of the case.

On November 24, the turn of the prosecutor will come Xavier de Luca Justification of your position regarding the claim. After hearing the arguments of all parties, the judges of the 1st Chamber of Cassation will be able to make a decision. Judges are responsible for this decision Diego Barroetavenia, Daniel Petrone i Ana Maria Figueroa.

According to the accusation, which was formulated by the prosecutor in the complaint Nisman, The Iran deal was intended to ensure impunity for Iranian officials and former officials who had been arrested internationally as suspected masterminds of the attack. Amiya. The judges found that there was no crime in signing that agreement. The judges signed the decision Maria Gabriela Lopez Iniguez, Daniel Obligado and Jose Michelini.