The Secretary General of the Executive Commission of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, Mons. Raúl Pizarro, participated on Friday, July 18 of the central act for the 31st anniversary of the attack on the headquarters of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA).
As is tradition, the act was held at 9:53, at which time ago, a car bomb exploded in front of the building, destroying almost completely and leaving 85 dead and more than 300 injured, in addition to severe damage in the area.
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Today, the Facade of AMIA is a memorial that reminds the 85 victims of the largest attack in the history of the country, which continues to unpunished today. 31 years after that moment, the families of the deceased continue to claim justice.
The President of the Nation, Javier Milei; much of the national cabinet; Ambassadors, national and city officials, and community authorities.
In the initial speech, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMIA, Osvaldo Armozahe asked “that silence does not become forgetfulness, and memory is not reduced only to a ceremony”, especially at this time that “terrorism is more active than ever.”
The head of the Press and Communication Office of the Episcopate, P. Máximo Jurcinovic, who accompanied Mons. Pizarro in this activity, said the time of the religious invocation chaired by the great Rabbi of AMIA, Eliahu Hamra, and observed the plurality of sectors of the policy that were present in the place.
In the name of the Episcopal Conference, which participates in the act every year, the priest pointed out the importance of “reminding brothers and sisters who died in such an unfair way, in the worst terrorist attack in Argentine history.”
“It is always a special moment to look at relatives, in the desire for justice,” he added, and at the same time, an invitation to the whole society to “look at those who suffer.”
“It does not stop always moving, in this meeting, the centrality of the pain of families and the request of justice of those who lost a direct relative in the attack,” he acknowledged, and endorsing Armoza’s words, rescued the solidarity of the Argentine people at that time of tragedy, and the example of peaceful respect and coexistence.
During the event there were several emotional moments, such as the interpretation of the song “We will see each other again”, and the reproduction of a video in which the relatives are reminded that “after having fought so much, they left without having seen justice.”
Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.