BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed allegations that Argentine President Cristina Fernandez tried to cover up the involvement of Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center, easing a crisis for her government fed by the death of the prosecutor who brought the case.
Judge Daniel Rafecas said the documents originally filed by the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman failed to meet “the minimal conditions needed to launch a formal court investigation.”
Nisman filed the complaint just days before Jan. 18, when he died under mysterious circumstances. Polls show many Argentines suspect officials had some hand in the death, although Fernandez and aides have suggested the death was aimed at destabilizing her government.
