The suspect of the attempted murder of Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Kirchner, the 35-year-old Brazilian who has been living in Argentina since the 1990s and has a criminal record for carrying a knife, took place in Buenos Aires last night.
The man’s name has been identified as Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, according to Argentine Security Minister Aníbal Fernández. 100 pieces of 9mm bullets were seized in his house.
The father targeted by the PF investigation. Fernando lives permanently in Argentina and has lived in the country since 1993. His father is Chilean Fernando Ernesto Montiel interveningbecame the subject of investigation by the PF (Federal Police) to be deported from Brazil in 2020 because of a criminal conviction. His mother is Argentinean.
Bullets and computer were seized. According to investigative sources cited by Argentine media, two boxes of 100 bullets were found in the suspect’s home. A notebook was also seized.
Application driver and background recording. According to commercial records cited by local media, Fernando is authorized to act as an app driver in the country.
In March 2021, he was stopped by the police for driving without a license plate in the La Paternal district where he will reside. While getting out of the car, the 35-centimeter knife fell to the ground.
He claimed to the police that he carried the gun in self-defense and that the vehicle had no license plate due to a traffic accident that occurred days ago. He was accused of carrying an unusual weapon and the knife was confiscated.
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On social media, Fernando Salim. According to the newspaper La Nación, the man introduced himself on social media as “Fernando Salim Montiel” – the accounts were deleted earlier in the day after the attack.
According to the publication, among her interests and the pages she followed on networks were many who were radicalized or linked to hate groups. Pages like “Evil Communism” and “Antipsychopathic Coach” and others featured references to Wicca, a pagan religion devoted to spiritual knowledge from nature and the human spirit and linking to witchcraft and other ancient religions. According to La Nación.
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Tattoo referring to Nazism. According to local media, the Black Sun tattoo, a very popular symbol among neo-Nazis, draws attention in photos of the attacker circulating on the Internet.
In the caption of one of the photos posted on Instagram, he also states that he forged a swamp cross, a symbol also favored by the Nazis.
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TV appearances. Fernando He has appeared on television twice in the past few weeks. According to local media, Crónica TV, an Argentine news channel focused on live reporting, fiercely criticized social plans and questioned the political class.
In one of the demonstrations, Sergio Massa boasted of appearing to criticize the government before he took office as Minister of Economy. The post reads “Neither Milei nor Cristina” in a possible reference to Javier Milei and Cristina Kirchrner, members of the Argentine House of Representatives.
How did the assassination attempt take place? According to local media, the action was to take place around 9 pm (local time) when Kirchner arrived at his home in the Argentine capital’s Recoleta district after presiding over the Senate session.
The incident occurred at the entrance of the house, where hundreds of protesters had gathered in support of the former president, who was tried on corruption charges, recently.
Local television footage captured the moment Kirchner got out of the car, bowed his head in the crowd of fans, and a man approached from a meter away, gun in hand. According to officials, the gun failed, which prevented him from shooting the vice president.
According to local media, the man was using a .380 caliber pistol and had bullets in its magazine.
The motivation for the assassination attempt on the Argentine vice president is not yet known.
What will happen now? Argentina’s security minister confirmed that the suspect was arrested by federal police officers in custody of the vice president. After the threat, the weapon was found, seized and already in the science police for analysis.
After his arrest, the man was transferred to the Federal Police headquarters in Villa Lugano and is at the disposal of Federal Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti.
Argentine President Alberto Fernández said the incident was of “enormous seriousness” and that speeches inciting hatred “could not take place”. He declared a national holiday today due to the epidemic.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (United Nations) wants the case involving the vice president of Argentina to be the subject of investigation and warned of the risks of political violence in the region.
source: Noticias
