Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner | A third person arrested in Argentina in connection with the assassination attempt on Fernández de Kirchner

09/13/2022 at 15:23

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The woman is a friend of the sentimental partner of the person responsible for the attack

Argentine security forces They have arrested a friend of Brenda Uliarte, the sentimental partner of the man who tried to assassinate the vice president of the countryCristina Fernández de Kirchner, in the surroundings of her home.

Judicial sources quoted by the Argentine newspaper ‘Clarín’ have indicated that the arrest of the woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, has been ordered by Judge María Eugenia Capuchettiwhich has decreed the secrecy of the summary.

The woman would have maintained telephone communication with Uliarte after the assassination attempt on Fernández de Kirchner. Both Uliarte and the main suspect, Fernando Sabag Montiel, They were arrested and charged after the incident..

These sources have highlighted that the arrest warrant was issued after the analysis of Uliarte’s mobile phone detected communications “of strong and important content” that would have been maintained hours after the assassination attempt, which has led to suspicion of their alleged link with the attack.

Likewise, agents of the Airport Security Police (PSA) carried out a series of raids in the capital, Buenos Aires, in which more mobile phones, electronic devices and other items classified as “interest to the cause” were seized, according to ‘Clarion’.

Uliarte, 23, was accused by Capuchetti of having “planned” the assassination attempt, which had a “prior agreement” between Uliarte and Sabag Montiel. For his part, Sabag Montiel was arrested after trying to fire a gun centimeters from the face of the Argentine vice president in the vicinity of her home, an event from which Fernández de Kirchner emerged unharmed.

new death threat

The Ministry of Security of Argentina revealed this Tuesday that the vice president received a death threat, which he ordered to investigate, in the context in which Justice analyzes the failed attack that the former president received (2007-2015) on September 1 last.

According to what the Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, told the press, Last Monday, “a call was received, nothing more”.

“It is a message but nothing should be minimized, if not then one begins to worry about what he did not do”, Fernandez explained.

“Immediately” the chief of police was transferred to decide whether to reinforce the custody of the vice president and the investigation of the fact, which will fall in the same court, in charge of María Eugenia Capuchetti, who analyzes the attack, added when talking with the means at the door of your wallet.

Fernández said that he called Cristina Fernández this Monday to tell her about the threat: “It’s ok”, it’s “very strong”.

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