{{Short description|Argentine judge (1956–2020)}} {{Infobox person | name = Claudio Bonadio | image =Claudio_Bonadio.png | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1956|2|1|df=y}} | birth_place = San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|4|1956|2|1|df=y}} | death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | resting_place = | education = | alma_mater = University of Buenos Aires | occupation = Federal judge and lawyer | relatives = | parents = | children = | signature = }}
'''Claudio Bonadio''' (1 February 1956 – 4 February 2020) was an Argentine judge, who was in charge of Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 11 since 1994. In that role he intervened in causes of strong impact, some of which involved important government officials and politicians since his appointment, among other causes of high impact on public opinion, including former Presidents of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/world/americas/09briefs-Argentina.html?ref=topics&_r=0|title= Argentina: Murder Charges Against Ex-President Restored|date= 8 September 2009|work= The New York Times|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.<ref>[https://www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/Murio-el-juez-Claudio-Bonadio-20200204-0006.html Murió Claudio Bonadio, el juez federal que envió a juicio Cristina Kirchner] {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/quien-es-claudio-bonadio-el-juez-que-puede-encarcelar-a-los-k-mas-poderosos.phtml Quién es Claudio Bonadio, el juez que puede encarcelar a los K más poderosos] {{in lang|es}}</ref>
==Career== He received a lawyer's degree from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/subnotas/27108-9811-2003-10-21.html|title=Página/12 :: El país :: Otro magistrado sin más protección|website=pagina12.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
Bonadio was an advisor to Carlos Corach (who was later Minister of the Interior of Carlos Menem) from September 1990 to September 1992. He was then his Undersecretary for Legal Affairs from September 1992 to June 1994, in the structure of the Legal Secretariat and Technique of the Presidency of the Argentine Nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/757782-separaron-a-bonadio-de-la-causa-amia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729050047/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/757782-separaron-a-bonadio-de-la-causa-amia|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2018|title=Separaron a Bonadío de la causa AMIA - LA NACION|date=29 July 2018|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/bonadio-es-el-segundo-juez-mas-denunciado-despues-de-oyarbide-1129-0004.phtml?rd=1&rd=1 Bonadio es el segundo juez más denunciado después de Oyarbide] {{in lang|es}}</ref>
In 1993, he was appointed federal judge in charge of the federal court of Morón, Buenos Aires, by President Carlos Menem, with the agreement of the Senate. At that time there was no Council of the Magistracy, and he was assigned to the National Criminal and Correctional Court when the president increased the number of federal courts.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
==Judicial cases==
===PAMI Case=== In February 1998, Víctor Alderete, then the controller of the PAMI, was prosecuted for corruption cases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/procesan-a-ex-directores-del-pami-nid88339|title=Procesan a ex directores del PAMI|date=19 February 1998|website=lanacion.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=El libro negro de la corrupción. Todos los nombres, todos los casos|last=Equipo de Investigación de XXI|date=23 December 1998|journal=Revista Veintiuno (XXI)|number=24|pages=8/58}}</ref> Bonadio was denounced for his acting as a judge for giving protection to Alderete.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Bonadio-mas-de-20-anos-acomodandose-a-los-poderes-de-turno|title=Bonadio, más de 20 años acomodándose a los poderes de turno|website=La Izquierda Diario - Red internacional|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcenlinea.com.ar/el-prontuario-de-bonadio-el-juez-obsesionado-con-cfk/|title=El prontuario de Bonadío, el juez obsesionado con CFK|date=23 August 2018|website=ABC en Línea|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> On 5 June 2000, journalist Marcelo Bonelli published an article with information on the tax affidavit of Alderete. A year later, Bonadio prosecuted the journalist for violating the secrecy of the affidavit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/procesan-a-un-periodista-por-revelar-una-declaracion-jurada-nid59464|title=Procesan a un periodista por revelar una declaración jurada|date=11 April 2001|website=lanacion.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> Some time later the Chamber voided the resolution based on constitutional respect for the right to freedom of expression and press.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/el-periodista-marcelo-bonelli-fue-sobreseido-nid320687|title=El periodista Marcelo Bonelli fue sobreseído|date=18 July 2001|website=lanacion.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
In 2004, the Oficina Anticorrupción Anti-Corruption Office denounced him, attributing to him "breach of duties, prevarication and influence peddling" for suspicious handling in a case to favor Alderete. The presentation explained that the magistrate failed to quote a senior official linked to Carlos Menem "in order to fulfill the word he would have given to former Interior Minister Carlos Corach, who at the request of the former president would have asked him to unlink him."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/la-oficina-anticorrupcion-denuncio-al-juez-bonadio-nid637360|title=La Oficina Anticorrupción denunció al juez Bonadío|date=17 September 2004|website=lanacion.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
===AMIA bombings=== On 18 July 1994, a car bomb terrorist attack against the Argentine Israel Mutual Association (AMIA) took place in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people and injuring 300 others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/07/18/actualidad/1500367646_031701.html|title=El día en que la comunidad judía en Argentina sufrió su peor atentado|date=18 July 2017|access-date=7 February 2020|work=El País}}</ref>
In 2005, Bonadio was removed from the case investigating the cover-up and false leads planted in the AMIA case for "lack of impartiality." The court considered that he should have excused himself from acting in a file in which his colleague and friend Juan José Galeano and his former boss Carlos Corach were suspected.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politicargentina.com/notas/201712/23882-bonadio-tuvo-cajoneada-la-causa-5-anos-y-no-recuerdo-que-haya-dictado-una-detencion-para-corach-o-galeano.html|title=Bonadio tuvo cajoneada la causa 5 años y no recuerdo que haya dictado una detención para Corach o Galeano|website=politicargentina.com|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/bonadio-de-acusado-a-acusador.phtml Claudio Bonadio de acusado a acusador] {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-60065-2005-12-05.html|title=Página/12 :: El país :: El juez Bonadío ya encontró un defensor en el Consejo|website=pagina12.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-278697-2015-08-05.html|title=Página/12 :: El país :: Cuando el encubrimiento es por partida doble|website=pagina12.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> It was also considered that he had a double role in the case, acting as a judge on the claims of cover-up that had been made on his own person.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/amia-separan-bonadio-causa-investigaba-irregularidades_0_SkPTpLJ0Fx.html|title=AMIA: separan a Bonadio de la causa que investigaba las irregularidades|website=clarin.com|date=18 November 2005 |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> He was subsequently denounced in the Council of the Judiciary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://redonline.com.ar/noticia/1054/claudio-bonadio-un-juez-muy-oportuno|title=Claudio Bonadio: Un juez muy oportuno|date=10 April 2016|website=Resumen de los Medios Online|access-date=7 February 2020|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426201006/https://redonline.com.ar/noticia/1054/claudio-bonadio-un-juez-muy-oportuno|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2010, in the context of the AMIA case, he was denounced by prosecutor Alberto Nisman, for threats and illegal espionage along with the macro official Fino Palacios and former minister Carlos Corach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/politica/claudio-bonadio-el-mas-famoso-de-los-jueces-de-la-servilleta|title=Claudio Bonadio, el más famoso de los jueces "de la servilleta"|website=La Voz|date=8 December 2017 |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> Nisman also denounced Bonadio for the messages of intimidation he received against him, who also put his daughters Iara and Kala at risk,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://noticias.perfil.com/noticias/general/2017-12-07-cuando-nisman-denuncio-a-bonadio-por-conspiracion-y-amenazas.phtml|title=Noticias | Cuando Nisman denunció a Bonadio por conspiración y amenazas|website=noticias.perfil.com|date=7 December 2017 |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> and for wanting to kill him to dislodge him from the AMIA case.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldisenso.com/politica/bonadio-acusado-en-2010-por-nisman-de-querer-matarlo-investigara-ahora-su-denuncia-contra-cfk/|title=Bonadío, acusado en 2010 por Nisman de querer matarlo, investigará ahora su denuncia contra CFK|first=Nelly Nieto|last=dice|date=2 June 2017|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
===Hotesur case=== {{main|Hotesur scandal}}
The Hotesur case inquiries were about the alleged operation of members of the Kirchner family to rent the rooms of their hotels to businessmen to launder bribe money.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/2016/05/13/1811312-las-otras-3-causas-que-preocupan-cristina-elisabet-kirchner/|title=Las otras 3 causas que preocupan a Cristina Elisabet Kirchner|first=|last= |website=Infobae|date=13 May 2016 |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cronista.com/columnistas/Malas-noticias-para-Cristinaen-la-causa-Hotesur-20160711-0028.html Malas noticias para Cristina en la causa Hotesur]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/hotesur-stornelli-en-contra-del-envio-al-sur-nid1798615|title=Hotesur: Stornelli, en contra del envío al Sur|date=4 June 2015|website=lanacion.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
According to the Télam agency, Bonadio incurred irregularities when he ordered the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police to search the Hotesur headquarters on 20 November 2014. This force has no jurisdiction in the territory in which it acted, as indicated by the Art. 8 Inc. b of Law 2894/08 by which it was created. As a result of this decision, the operating expenses were borne by the Government of the city of Buenos Aires by then head Mauricio Macri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201507/112886-macri-pago-operativo-bonadio--rio-gallegos-fondos-ciudad-de-buenos-aires-hotesur.html|archivedate=2020-02-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206213841/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201507/112886-macri-pago-operativo-bonadio--rio-gallegos-fondos-ciudad-de-buenos-aires-hotesur.html|title=Macri pagó el operativo de Bonadio en Río Gallegos con fondos de la ciudad de Buenos Aires|agency=Télam|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
In 2015, he was removed from the Hotesur case because he “violated the right to defense in trial” of Romina Mercado and Lázaro Báez, and acted with “partiality” by not allowing the experts of the parties to review kidnapped documentation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2015/07/17/bonadio-responde-tras-ser-apartado-de-caso-hotesur-si-aparezco-suicidado-busquen-al-asesino-porque-no-es-mi-estilo/|title=Bonadío responde tras ser apartado de caso Hotesur: "Si aparezco suicidado, busquen al asesino porque no es mi estilo"|date=18 July 2015|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
===Alberto Nisman=== In 2015, he was charged with the case of money laundering linked to prosecutor Alberto Nisman, where Sara Garfunkel, mother of Nisman, sister of the prosecutor, Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado, computer technician Diego Lagomarsino and businessman Claudio Picón were investigated as suspected of having participated in the flight of dollars to a Merrill Lynch account in New York, in which there were movements of at least 650 thousand dollars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanfernandonuestro.com.ar/wp/caso-stefanini-presunto-lavado-de-dinero-en-una-cuenta-de-nisman-y-una-aun-misteriosa-desaparicion/|title=Caso Stefanini: presunto lavado de dinero en una cuenta de Nisman y una aún misteriosa desaparición|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-285479-2015-11-05.html|title=Página/12 :: El país :: En manos de Bonadio|website=pagina12.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
===Notebooks case=== {{main|Notebook scandal}}
The case of the notebooks refers to the alleged bribe payments of government officials of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner documented by the former driver of a public official, Oscar Centeno. Since the beginning of 2018, he has been in charge of the case together with the prosecutor Stornelli.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/163442-el-lawfare-en-accion|title=El lawfare en acción | Confirman el procesamiento de CFK y alivianan la figura penal para los empresarios|date=20 December 2018|website=PAGINA12|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2018/12/20/la-camara-federal-confirmo-el-procesamiento-con-prision-preventiva-de-cristina-kirchner-por-considerarla-jefa-de-una-asociacion-ilicita/|title=La Cámara Federal confirmó el procesamiento con prisión preventiva de Cristina Kirchner por considerarla jefa de una asociación ilícita|first=Por Patricia |last=Blanco |website=Infobae|date=20 December 2018 |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cij.gov.ar/nota-32935-La-C-mara-Criminal-y-Correccional-Federal-confirm--procesamientos-en-una-causa-por-corrupci-n-.html|title=La Cámara Criminal y Correccional Federal confirmó procesamientos en una causa por corrupción|website=cij.gov.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/132431-un-lava-jato-por-ocho-cuadernos|title=Un 'lava jato' por ocho cuadernos | Doce detenidos entre ex funcionarios y empresarios en una causa por supuestas coimas|first=Irina Hauser, Raúl|last=Kollmann|date=2 August 2018|website=PAGINA12|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/los-cuadernos-de-las-coimas-los-12-detenidos-de-la-causa-nid2158306|title=Los cuadernos de las coimas: los 12 detenidos de la causa|date=1 August 2018|website=lanacion.com.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> In the framework of this investigation, dozens of businessmen and former national and provincial officials and former officials were processed and imprisoned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chequeado.com/el-explicador/el-abc-de-la-causa-cuadernos-de-la-corrupcion/|title=El ABC de la causa "Cuadernos de la corrupción"|first=Manuel|last=Tarricone|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cij.gov.ar/nota-34234-Resoluci-n-del-juez-Bonadio-que-ampl-a-el-procesamiento-de-Cristina-Fern-ndez-de-Kirchner.html|title=Resolución del juez Bonadio que amplía el procesamiento de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|website=cij.gov.ar|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-corruption-kirchner/argentine-judge-orders-case-involving-ex-president-fernandez-to-trial-idUSKBN1W52G4 Argentine judge orders case involving ex-President Fernandez to trial]</ref>
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