Death of Alberto Nisman

Demonstration one year after his death.

The death of Alberto Nisman, an Argentine lawyer who specialized in international terrorism, became known in the early hours of Monday, January 19, 2015. He was found shot in the head in his apartment in the Torre del Parque building in the upscale Le Parc Puerto Madero development in the neighborhood of Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires.

In September 2017, the National Gendarmerie issued a report concluding that Nisman had been murdered.[1][2][3][4]

The Judge in charge of Nisman's death case since Claudio Bonadio's demise in 2020, Julián Ercolini, chose to partially take the Gendarmerie's forensic findings indicating a murder (similarly as with the Federal Chamber and the Court of Cassation) as well as ratifying the presumption of homicide,[5] so that is the figure that still stands nine years after the death of the prosecutor,[5] but far from finding the material authors, the investigation apparently remains determined to only search for whoever gave the alleged order to murder Nisman.[5] Meanwhile, other files that also emerged from the main investigation are completely paralyzed, including a case for alleged money laundering that involves relatives of Nisman and his underling Diego Lagomarsino,[5] a case for an undeclared bank account in New York and purchased lands in Punta del Este,[5] and suspicious real estate ventures in Buenos Aires.[5]

To date, and despite all the accusations, theories and alleged evidence collected about Nisman's death, no actual trial has been carried out to determine with complete certainty what really happened and formally sentence the guilty parties in case of murder.[6]

  1. ^ "Argentinian lawyer Alberto Nisman was murdered, police report finds". The Guardian. 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ «Para Gendarmería, el fiscal Alberto Nisman fue "asesinado"», published 20 September 2017 El Día (Buenos Aires).
  3. ^ "La Justicia avaló la pericia de Gendarmería que sostiene que Nisman fue asesinado". Clarín. 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Las pericias de Gendarmería confirmaron que el fiscal Alberto Nisman fue asesinado: los detalles del informe". Infobae.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Nine years after Nisman's death, justice is bogged down by the murder theory. By Néstor Espósito January 18, 2024, Tiempo Argentino (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Nisman case: what happened to the cause investigating his death? Chequeado.com (in Spanish)