BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – An Argentine federal judge on Thursday dismissed a prosecutor’s allegations that President Cristina Fernandez tried to cover-up the alleged involvement of Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires.
Judge Daniel Rafecas said the documents originally filed by the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman failed to meet standards needed to open a formal court investigation.
Nisman had filed the complaint days before he died on Jan. 18 under mysterious circumstances. Polls showed many Argentines suspect officials had some hand in the death, though Fernandez and aides have suggested the death was aimed at destabilizing her government.