The Jewish community called on Argentina’s judiciary to speed up proceedings in the investigation into the bombing of the AMIA building, as the country marked the 32nd anniversary of the attack. The AMIA, a Jewish community center, was bombed on July 18, 1994, killing 85 people and injuring more than 300. While Argentine courts and the Jewish community have concluded that the attack was planned by senior Iranian officials and carried out by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, no one has been convicted for either orchestrating or carrying out the bombing.
AMIA held its traditional commemoration ceremony on Friday morning, the day before the anniversary. The event was attended by President Javier Milei alongside his sister, Presidential Secretary Karina Milei. Other government officials, as well as United States ambassador to Argentina Peter Lamelas, were also in attendance.
The organization’s president, Osvaldo Armoza, said there had been “no relevant developments” in the investigation over the past year and urged the judiciary to act swiftly to “bring an end to impunity.” Armoza also called on the courts to move forward with a trial in absentia against the Iranian officials accused of participating in the plot. The mechanism, recently incorporated into Argentine law, allows defendants to be tried even if they remain fugitives. A year ago, the judiciary announced that a trial in absentia would move forward, but there have been no developments since.
Judge Diego Barroetaveña, one of the magistrates responsible for authorizing the trial in absentia and mentioned by Armoza during his speech, was also present. El Presidente Javier Milei, acompañado por la Secretaria General de la Presidencia, Karina Milei, y miembros del Gabinete Nacional, participó del acto central en conmemoración del 32° aniversario del atentado terrorista contra la Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), en… pic.twitter.com/2qbSsCak1p— Oficina del Presidente (@OPRArgentina) July 17, 2026 You may also be interested in: It’s been 30 years since the AMIA bombing. For survivors and families, the wound is still open Delayed justice “After 32 years, murderous terrorism has not defeated us.
It left a deep scar that impunity prevents from healing, but we are still standing, and we will continue to stand,” Armoza said. The AMIA president criticized the “negligence, complicity and systematic err…
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