Learn about all the events that happened today that marked the country and maintain their significance today.
Many of the events that occurred on a day like today, January 18had an important role in the history and culture of Argentina. One of these is that this year 10 years have passed since federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead with a bullet in his head.
The Nisman case is still one of the most resonant topics in Argentine politics due to the controversies it brought with it. The event occurred days before the prosecutor could denounce the then president of the Nation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchnerby cover-up of the Iranian defendants in the AMIA case.
Initially, the expert reports had shown that there was no third party intervention in the death, but that it had been a suicide. However, The case went to federal justicewho ordered a new expert opinion and based on new evidence adopted the hypothesis of homicide. To this day, the material and intellectual authors of the alleged murder are unknown.
Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead from a gunshot wound in the bathroom of the apartment where he lived in Puerto Madero on January 18, 2015.
Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead from a gunshot wound in the bathroom of the apartment where he lived in Puerto Madero on January 18, 2015.
Today’s anniversaries, January 18
- 1974: Birth of musician Gustavo Kupinski, former member of the bands Los Piojos and Las Pelotas. He died in 2011 in a car accident.
- 1976: Birth of River Plate technical director Marcelo Gallardo.
- 1980: Birth of actor Rodrigo Guirao Díaz.
- 1983: Death of former president Arturo Umberto Illiawho ruled from 1963 until being overthrown in 1966.
- 1986: Death of singer Edmundo Rivero, one of the greatest voices of tango in Argentina.
- 2015: Federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead.
- 2020: Murder of Fernando Báez Sosa by a group of rugby players in a bowling alley in Zárate. 5 of them were sentenced to life imprisonment, while 3 received 15 years and the remaining two were released.
Source: Ambito
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