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Argentine Terror Investigator Executed by Rogue Agents Ahead of Testimony

© AP Photo / Rodrigo AbdPolice officers stand guard outside the prosecutor's office that leads the investigation into the death of Alberto Nisman, a prosecutor found dead in his apartment, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
Police officers stand guard outside the prosecutor's office that leads the investigation into the death of Alberto Nisman, a prosecutor found dead in his apartment, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Alberto Nisman, the controversial investigator of the 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish community center, could have been involved in an agency power struggle.

Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman - Sputnik International
Prominent Argentinian Prosecutor Found Dead
MOSCOW, January 24 (Sputnik) — Rogue agents from Argentina's security apparatus could be behind the death of the state prosecutor who was tasked with investigating the 1994 Jewish community center bombing, government officials said Friday, according to Reuters.

Telesur reports that Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment hours before he was scheduled to appear before Argentina's Congress on Monday to give his report on the bombing.

According to the New York Times, the mysterious death followed the ousting of an intelligence official, Antonio Stusso, who is suspected of having fed Nisman misleading information about the case. Acording to US diplomatic cables revealed by Wikileaks, the prosecutor was also being advised by the US and Israeli intelligence services, according to Telesur.

Argentine federal judge Maria Servini de Cubria (R) and prosecutor federal Ramiro Gonzalez (L) leave the courthouse in Madrid on May 29, 2014 - Sputnik International
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The death, initially ruled a suicide, has been questioned by Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner, according to Telesur. A Prosecutor's Office employee who testified that he lent Nisman a pistol for self-protection which was later used to take his life, is now forbidden to leave the country, according to the Buenos Aires Herald.

Last week, Nisman, reading into the case of the attack, accused Kirchner and Timerman of conspiring to "ensure impunity" of Iranians, who had been indicted for  participation in the blast by Argentinian authorities. In addition, Nisman asked the judge to question the president and foreign minister on the case and to impose an embargo on their property in the amount of 200 million pesos (about $23 million).

In addition, the prosecutor indicted several other politicians who are close to the incumbent  government. He speculated that they were mediators in the negotiations with Iran on the exchange of Argentinian grain to Iranian oil. The government has rejected these accusations, calling the grain-for-oil deal unrealistic, according to the New York Times.

Argentina has accused a number of high-ranking Iranians, including former President Hashemi Rafsanjani and seven former government officials of having been involved in the organization of the largest terrorist attack in the country's history, which killed 85 people and injured over 200. Iranian authorities continue to vehemently deny the accusations.

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