Attack against the Israeli embassy: how is the trial

On the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli embbady, ​​the same number of years of the beginning of the judicial process is accomplished. From the beginning, the case has been under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Justice of the nation, which has initial jurisdiction over diplomatic matters. and the last big novelty that he had was in 2015 when he ordered the international detention of an accused.

It is about Hussein Mohamad Ibrahim Suleiman, Member of the terrorist organization responsible for the attack.

The attack took place on 17 March 1992 at the headquarters of the Israeli Embbady in Argentina. He left 22 dead and more than 350 wounded.

In December 1999, the Supreme Court ruled that the attack was caused by the explosion of a Ford F 100 truck containing pentrite and trinitrotoluene, two types of chemical explosives, and that he had climbed on the side of Arroyo 916. where was the embbady. Several engine parts were found and submitted to expert reports to know the engine number and identify the vehicle.

The highest court also found that the terrorist group was responsible for the attack "Islamic Jihad" who is the armed arm of Hezbollah, a political party founded in Lebanon.

Jihad itself attributed the attack and the Embbady of Argentina to Lebanon provided information and statements on their participation in the attack. The Court ordered the international capture of Imad Mughniyah, responsible at the time of the Islamic Jihad attack and responsible for Hezbollah's central and external security. But the arrest warrant was lifted when it was proved that he had died during an attack in Syria.

Then the name of Samuel Salman The Reda Reda and his brother José Salman El Reda Reda. The latter had a history of justice against Rosario, because in 1992 he was prosecuted and detained for possession of fake dollars that would be linked to the financing of terrorism. The court also ordered the arrest of José Salman El Reda Reda. But this request has also been withdrawn.

In 2001, with intelligence information from other countries, the name of Hussein Mohamad Ibrahim Suleiman, a member of Hezbollah who, in early 1992, received in Brazil explosives that entered Argentina stashed in cartons of food while traveling on a bus and were used in the attack.

The Court sought to corroborate the information with international organizations and it was only in September 2015 that all the documents were collected. A month later, he ordered the international capture of Suleiman.

Both detention requests are handled by Interpol and have not materialized. Without this, the accused will not be investigated, prosecuted or judged. It is the same situation that occurs with the Iranians accused of the AMIA attack: their arrests are ordered but Iran has not stopped them.

Since then, warrants of arrest and an open investigation have been in effect. Jaffar Saadat Ahmad Nia, an Iranian diplomat suspected of providing logistical support during attacks. Ahmad Nia was a civilian attache of the Iranian embbady in Brazil and was in Argentina from 16 to 18 March 1992 in Buenos Aires. All this data was provided by information that could not be corroborated by international organizations to advance their responsibilities.

The Court's case concerns relatives of victims of aggression who act as complainants and who are represented by lawyers Rita Jana and Ignacio Irurzun. Who is at the head of this complaint? Carlos Susevich, Liliana's father, one of the people who died during the attack. Susevich died last November. Now, the complaint must name in the case a person who directs the file.