BUENOS AIRES, March 31 (UPI) -- An ex-president of Argentina will be tried for allegedly obstructing an investigation into the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people.
Judge Ariel Lijo ruled Friday Carlos Menem, who was president of the South American country from 1989-1999, and several other former officials will be tried for allegedly protecting accomplices of the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah and its backer Iran, The Jerusalem Post reported.