AMIA Bombing: Argentine Judge Charges 8 Over 1994 Jewish Centre Attack
The ruling freezes US$500 million in assets for each accused and moves the decades-old case closer to Argentina’s first trial in absentia.
- On Monday, Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas formally charged eight Iranian and Lebanese citizens for the 1994 AMIA bombing, imposing US$500 million asset freezes on each suspect.
- The 1994 van bomb attack on the AMIA building in Buenos Aires killed 85 people and injured at least 151, with investigations linking the operation to Iranian leadership and Hezbollah.
- Under National Law 27,784, Rafecas issued a 648-page ruling identifying former Iranian officials and Revolutionary Guard commanders charged as indirect perpetrators of the attack.
- Justice Minister Juan Bautista Mahiques called the ruling "a historic step," while Memoria Activa and other victims' groups previously challenged the constitutionality of the trial in absentia procedure.
- Pending appeals complicate potential oral proceedings, as Rafecas requested merging this case with the 1992 Israeli Embassy bombing investigation, citing connections between both attacks on Jewish institutions.
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On July 18, 1994, a car bomb destroyed AMIA and left 85 dead and 300 injured. In 2025, the justice system allowed the possibility of subjecting those responsible to a “trial in absentia.” “The decision to commit the attack was taken in August 1993 by the highest authorities of the Iranian regime and entrusted to Hizbollah,” the judge of the case, Daniel Rafecas, wrote in a statement. The accused are seven persons holding senior positions in the …
This Monday in Buenos Aires there has been a great advance in the case that investigates the attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina ( AMIA ), which took place in 1994. Judge Daniel Rafecas, in charge of the case, has prosecuted seven citizens of Iranian origin and one of Lebanese origin, accused of having perpetrated the attack that left 85 dead victims. They are pointed out for having organized and executed the most important attac…
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — On Monday, Argentina's justice formalized the charges against seven Iranians and one Lebanese fugitive to advance the first trial in absentia in the country's history for their responsibility in the terrorist attack against...
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