(19 Jan 2020) Thousands of people gathered in downtown Buenos Aires to demand justice five years after the mysterious death of Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who investigated the 1994 terror attack against the AMIA Jewish center.
Many people carried signs criticising the current vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whom the protesters accused of being directly linked to the death of the prosecutor.
The protesters also carried Argentine flags and white crosses that read "We are all victims."
Patricia Bullrich, a leading opposition politician and former security minister, said the current government is trying to undo the investigation.
Nisman, 51, was found dead on January 18, 2015, with a bullet in his right temple.
A .22 caliber pistol was found next to him.
The death became a politically charged controversy because Nisman had accused Fernandez de Kirchner of maneuvering to protect Iranian officials widely believe to be behind the AMIA attack, the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina' history.
Allies of Fernandez de Kirchner suggested Nisman took his own life because he couldn't back up his allegations.
Many other Argentines insisted he had been murdered because of them.
It triggered anti-government protests ahead of the 2015 presidential election.
Fernandez de Kirchner has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and says her government had no role in the prosecutor's death.
The initial police reports and autopsies concluded there was no sign anyone else had been present when Nisman died.
While the national forensics team said there was no concrete evidence it was a homicide, the federal police said the prosecutor shot himself in his bathroom.
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