The friend of the man accused of trying to assassinate Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Kirchner was detained in Buenos Aires on Sunday, at the behest of the investigating judge.
The woman, whose name is Brenda Uliarte, was recorded on September 1 in the presence of the attacker, Fernando Sabag Montiel, although she was not found in the 48 hours before the attack, according to the media. event.
The 23-year-old gave an interview where she said she had been living with Sabag Montiel for a month. She said she didn’t know they had guns and didn’t talk about Kirchner either.
“Actually, I don’t remember talking about the vice president. He complained about the dollar and the economy like everyone else,” he told the Telefe channel.
A few hours ago, Kirchner’s lawyer, Gregorio Dalbón, said the man who attacked the vice president “did not act alone”.
The lawyer pointed out that according to his own investigations, preparatory events took place and that other people were aware of the attacker’s intentions.
Cristina Kirchner, 69, escaped unscathed attack with a firearm that did not fire despite being fired twice, as she greeted a group of fans waiting for her at the door on Thursday night (1). His home in Buenos Aires.
Sabag Montiel, 35, was charged with aggravated attempted murder and has so far refused to speak with the courts.
Born in Brazil to an Argentine mother and Chilean father, the man was arrested on 17 March 2021 for possession of a knife, but the case was closed. He has a Nazi symbol tattooed on him.
“I can imagine there are more people,” Dalbón insisted, before saying, “They’re not public people, they’re like this kid.”
The lawyer criticized the fact that the attacker’s cell phone suffered damage that was already in the investigators’ hands, preventing access to the information on the device.
Announcing the opening of another corruption case, the lawyer said, “In this case, it is unbelievable that they make mistakes and lose data, which is as important as what comes out of a killer’s phone.”
source: Noticias
