Argentine Judge Confirms Trial in Absentia for Iranian, Lebanese Suspects Accused in 1994 AMIA Bombing

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The Federal Chamber today confirmed the application of the trial in absentia against a group of 10 former Iranian government officials and Hezbollah members accused of the 1994 attack on AMIA, which left 85 dead and more than 150 injured. Sala I's decision, signed by judges Mariano Llorens and Martín Irurzun, rejected the defenses' arguments and confirmed the constitutionality and application of law 27,784 -sanctioned in March of this year - tha…

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In this way, he upheld the ruling of Judge Daniel Rafecas. The entry AMIA Cause: the Federal Chamber confirmed that the trial will be held in absentia to the defendants was first published in #BorderJournalism.

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The Federal Chamber confirmed the trial in absentia of the 10 accused for the attack on AMIA. The Federal Court upheld the decision made by Judge Daniel Rafecas in June of this year to advance the judicial process against those suspected of having carried out the attack in 1994. Following this ruling, UFI AMIA will have to file the request for prosecutions before Rafecas in order to continue the judicial proceedings on the Iranian and Lebanese d…

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On Tuesday, the Buenos Aires Federal Chamber confirmed the trial in absentia in Argentina of the Iranian citizens with a request for international capture for the attack on the Jewish mutual AMIA in the neighborhood of Balvanera (Comuna 3), in a decision of the judges Martín Irurzun and Mariano Llorens. The Court of Appeal thus ratified a decision of the federal judge Daniel Rafecas and the accused who will face the said trial are accused of pla…

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The Federal Chamber today confirmed the trial in absentia against the Iranians and Lebanese accused of the attack of 18 July 1994 against the AMIA headquarters in downtown Buenos Aires, where 85 people died. Thus, the decision taken by Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas was ratified, and the road was paved for the prosecution to request the closure of the case and its elevation to the stage of oral and public debate. Those accused by the Argentine Jus…