Pope Francis sent a message of solidarity to Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Kirchner, who was the target of a failed attack last Thursday (1st).
“Receiving the alarming news of your Excellency’s attack yesterday afternoon, I would like to express my solidarity and sympathy at this sensitive moment. I wish that in dear Argentina, social cohesion and respect for democratic values will always prevail against all. Types of violence. and aggression”, Argentine pope reads a telegram signed by
The attempted murder took place at the entrance of 69-year-old Cristina’s home in Buenos Aires while greeting her supporters.
Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, a 35-year-old Brazilian, aimed his gun a few centimeters from the vice president’s head, but the gun did not fire.
“This fact is the most serious thing that has happened since we regained our democracy,” President Alberto Fernández said in a speech broadcast on national television last night. “Cristina is alive because, for some technically unconfirmed reason, the five-round gun was not fired.”
Cristina, vice president since December 2019, also ruled the country between 2007 and 2015. Montiel was caught red-handed and has been living in Argentina since 1993.
By 2021, it had already passed the police for carrying an unconventional weapon and is commercially registered as a “free city and commuter motor transport service” provider, a category corresponding to app drivers, according to the Clarín newspaper. .
source: Noticias
