Macri decrees the national mourning tomorrow for the 25th anniversary of the attack against the AMIA – Telam

President Mauricio Macri decreed national mourning tomorrow, July 18, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the headquarters of the Mutual Association Israelita Argentina (AMIA), which allegedly 85 dead and 300 wounded.

The measure was resolved by Decree 487/2019, published today in the Official Journal.

In this context, it is specified that the national flag will remain at half-mast tomorrow in buildings and public places.

The text recalls in its recitals that "on July 18 of this year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fatal terrorist attack at the headquarters of the Israelite Mutual Association in Argentina (AMIA) which has had painful consequences and irreversible for the Argentines ".

He also stressed that "the magnitude of such a criminal event, which will cost the irreparable loss of precious and irreplaceable people, has left in Argentine society marked feelings of repudiation and pain."

"In correspondence with the deep affection aroused towards the Argentine people, the national government declares by means of the current day of national mourning of July 18, 2019, in tribute to all the victims of this disgusting fact," adds the decree, who signs the Minister of Justice, Germán Garavano,

Finally, it is stated that "the national executive will make a remarkable mention of the commemoration of this terrorist attack" as part of the speech that the Head of State will make in September before the United Nations General Assembly At New York.

Macri "will reiterate the request for cooperation addressed to the Islamic Republic of Iran in connection with the investigation into the facts and the trial of those responsible with the Argentine judicial authorities," he added.