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Investigation into Argentine prosecutor's death finds draft request for arrest of president

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    Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, sitting in a wheelchair, cheers at supporters at the Casa Rosada government palace during a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Fernandez said Friday that she will voice all the opinions she wants to about the case of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead on Jan. 18, hours before he was to elaborate on his accusation that Fernandez protected those responsible for a 1994 terror bombing. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (The Associated Press)

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    In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 photo, a woman holds up a sign that reads in Spanish "Justice" as she gathers with others outside the funeral home where a private wake for the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman takes place, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Nisman was scheduled to appear before Congress the day after he was found dead in his apartment on Jan. 18, to detail his allegations that President Cristina Fernandez had conspired to protect some of the Iranian suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center. The man who gave Nisman the gun that killed him said Wednesday that Nisman feared for the safety of his daughters and didn't trust the policemen protecting him. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (The Associated Press)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Investigators examining the death of a prosecutor who accused Argentine President Cristina Fernandez of protecting the alleged masterminds of a 1994 terror bombing say they have found a draft document he wrote requesting her arrest.

Chief investigator Viviana Fein said Tuesday the draft detention request was found in a trash bin of the apartment where Alberto Nisman's body was found on Jan. 18. It was not included in a complaint Nisman had filed in federal court days earlier.

Nisman was found dead in his bathroom hours before he was to appear in Congress to detail his allegations that Fernandez agreed to protect those responsible for the 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires' largest Jewish community center. The attack, which killed 85 people, remains unsolved. Fernandez has dismissed the allegations against her.