BUENOS AIRES (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – fifteenth September, 2022) A pal of the attackers who tried to assassinate Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner testified in opposition to them on Wednesday, Argentine media reported.
On September 1, Argentine police detained a 35-12 months-outdated Buenos Aires resident, Fernando Andre Sabag Montiel, for trying to assassinate Kirchner exterior her house. According to native media studies, the perpetrator pointed a handgun at Kirchner, nevertheless it didn’t go off. The vice chairman was not injured through the incident.
On September 5, the Federal police brokers of the nation’s anti-terrorism division detained the attacker’s girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, 23. An inspection of Uliarte’s telephone conversations reportedly indicated that she was current on the crime scene collectively together with her companion.
According to the Infobae information portal, the police just lately detained Agustina Diaz, Uliarte’s pal. She testified in opposition to the perpetrators on Wednesday, saying that Uliarte had advised her in regards to the assassination try, however she by no means believed that her pal might do it. Diaz claimed that she was not concerned within the planning of the assault, including that she hardly knew Montiel, Infobae reported.
Montiel, who’s a Brazilian citizen, has refused to testify. He reportedly had a bruise below his eye when he appeared in entrance of the decide. Asked about what occurred, Montiel mentioned he was crushed by Kirchner supporters throughout his arrest.
The assailant might face between 15 and 30 years in jail, a lawyer has advised Sputnik, specifying that Montiel can ask for deportation to his homeland after serving half the time period. If he goes again to Brazil, the Argentine authorities are more likely to ban him from returning to Argentina for the remainder of his life.
Thousands of individuals gathered for an indication in Buenos Aires on September 2 to specific help for Kirchner. September 2 was declared a nationwide time off by Argentine President Alberto Fernandez.
On August 22, a federal prosecutor requested that Kirchner, a former president, needs to be jailed for 12 years and prohibited from holding public workplace indefinitely amid corruption allegations.
Kirchner is accused of abusing her authority throughout her presidency in 2007-2015, to steer public contracts to Lazaro Antonio Baez, a businessman and an alleged shut pal, who owns a development firm.
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