Argentinian prosecutor found dead after accusing president of cover-up

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The Argentinian federal prosecutor who last week accused President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of working with Iran to cover up who was responsible for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires was found dead in his home Sunday.

Alberto Nisman presented a 300-page document to court on Wednesday. He said the report showed that aides of Kirchner worked with officials in Iran to withdraw Interpol arrest warrants for suspects in the 1994 suicide attack, which killed 85 people, The Guardian reports. The retracted warrants would allow Argentina to start swapping grain for oil from Iran. He had been scheduled to testify before lawmakers on Monday.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.