The AMIA bombing killed 85 people and is the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history. The Prosecution Unit which investigates the AMIA bombing requested the arrest warrants in November and now, Rafecas has formally ordered them and submitted requests to Interpol. Rafecas issued the international arrest warrants “as their affiliation and/or collaboration with the criminal gang known as ‘Hezbollah’s armed wing’ has been sufficiently proven” and in order to hear the testimonies. He also has an arrest warrant for the 1992 attack on the Israel embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 22 people and wounded over 200 — Argentina’s deadliest terrorist attack until the AMIA bombing two years later. He has been wanted in connection to the AMIA bombing since 2009 and allegedly coordinated logistics for those who perpetrated the attack.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald June 16, 2023 03:15 UTC