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Viviana Fein Questioned Over Alleged Crime-Scene Failures in Nisman Death Probe

Her filing seeks dismissal, denying negligence.

Overview

  • The retired prosecutor appeared on Feb. 24 at Comodoro Py before Judge Julián Ercolini, submitted a written defense and answered investigators’ questions.
  • Prosecutor Eduardo Taiano alleges “serious failures,” citing delays, entry without protective gear, poor fingerprint work, and more than 80 people moving through the apartment in what he called “authentic chaos.”
  • Fein argues the case against her is conjectural, says no concrete lost or contaminated evidence is identified, and maintains that entries to the apartment were staggered, a point she says video supports.
  • She contends many operational decisions fell to security forces already on site and asks to be cleared of accusations of breaching her duties as the directing prosecutor.
  • The parallel probe also targets security and judicial officials, while the main case treats Nisman's 2015 death under a homicide hypothesis amid contested forensic reports.