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Prosecutors seek six-year jail term for ex-Argentine president over Jewish centre bombing

Carlos Menem is accused of covering up Syrian connections to Amia bomb plot

March 5, 2018 14:53
Carlos Menem, former president of Argentina, pictured in 2004
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The man who was Argentina’s president during the Amia Jewish centre car bombing – the country’s worst terror attack – is facing jail time after being accused of attempting to block the resulting investigation.

Public prosecutors want a minimum six-year sentence for Carlos Menem, president for two terms between 1989 and 1999, over charges of bribery and covering up the authorities’ investigation.

He originally went on trial three years ago.

85 people were killed and more than 300 injured in the 1994 attack on the Amia building in Buenos Aires. It was widely suspected to be the work of agents backed by Iran.