Former Interpol Chief Says Argentina Bungled Investigation of ’94 Attack
"If Judge Bonadio were interested in the truth, he could have contacted Interpol’s former general counsel." Judge Bonadio suggested in his ruling
that Mr. Noble might have enabled Mrs. Kirchner because the former Interpol chief had a "close relationship" with former Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, who was also charged with treason in the case last week.
Adding to the intrigue surrounding the bombing investigation, the Argentine press earlier this week published a Nov. 4 letter from Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to his Argentine counterpart, in which Mr. Zarif confirmed
that the two countries had, in fact, asked Interpol to pull red notices linked to the AMIA case.
Mr. Noble said he was baffled that Judge Bonadio did not bother to track him down before accusing him in a criminal proceeding of abetting a secret
deal to get international fugitive records, known as red notices, rescinded as part of an effort to mend ties between Argentina and Iran.
The judge made another startling claim: He asserted
that Ronald K. Noble, an American and a former New York University law professor who led the International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol, from 2000 to 2014, was in on the cover-up.
" Mr. Noble, 61, wrote. that There is no evidence to support Judge Bonadio’s conclusion
that there existed some kind of secret agreement between Argentina and Interpol to remove the AMIA red notices,
15, 2017
BUENOS AIRES — A former chief of Interpol says that Argentina bungled the investigation into a 1994 terrorist attack at a Jewish community center, a crime
that has newly roiled the country’s political establishment.
