Brenda Uliarte, 23, was arrested on Sunday night and will be investigated
The girlfriend of the accused man assassination attempt against the Argentine vice president, Cristina Fernández, was arrested and will be investigated by the Justice, police sources confirmed to Efe on Monday.
The girlfriend of the defendant for attempted murder of the vice president, Brenda Uliarte23, was arrested on Sunday night and her cell phone was seized, while this Monday federal judge María Eugenia Capuchetti, in charge of the case, is expected to determine the time when she will begin to investigate her, according to the sources.
Fernando Sabag Montiel, of Brazilian nationality and 35 years old, was arrested last Thursday night after pointing a gun at the vice president and triggering, without the shot being fired, at a time when Cristina Fernández returned to her apartment and greeted her followers who, since August 22, they have set up a vigil at his home.
The detainee for attacking the vice president does not have a criminal record in his country of origin, while the weapon seized from the suspect is a Bersa caliber 32 automatic, which, at its base, has a partial number of 250, suitable for firing, according to the Ministry of Security.
Sabag Montiel refused to give a statement last Friday before the judge Capuchetti and the prosecutor Carlos Rivolo, in charge of the investigation.
The head magistrate of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court 5 took a statement last Friday from Cristina Fernández in the house in front of where tried to attack herafter statements were also taken from witnesses to the attack.
The attack on Cristina Fernández occurred in a context of strong political tension between the officialism and the oppositionwhich has grown since August 22, when a prosecutor requested a 12-year prison sentence for the vice president in the context of the oral trial to which she is subjected for alleged irregularities in the concession of public works during her Government.