Argentina's ex-president Fernandez to face trial over alleged bombing cover-up
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Argentina's ex-president Fernández to face trial over alleged bombing cover-up
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner among 12 officials and others to be tried in case of 1994 bombing of Jewish community center
Staff and agencies in Buenos Aires
Mon 5 Mar 2018 23.59 GMT
Argentinas former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will face trial over an alleged cover-up of Iranian involvement in a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, judicial authorities announced on Monday.
Eleven other former officials and people close to Fernándezs government will also be tried on charges of cover-up and abuse of power, the federal judge Claudio Bonadio said in a ruling released on Monday by Argentinas official judicial information center (CIJ).
The trial date has not been set.
So far, four of the accused have been detained. In December, Bonadio asked lawmakers to remove Fernándezs immunity from prosecution, which she gained last year when she was sworn in as a senator. Legislators have not acted on the request.
The immunity protects her from being arrested, but she can still be tried.
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