Argentine Security Minister Anibal Fernández announced to the media this Tuesday that the country’s vice president, Cristina Kirchner, had received a death threat, which is under investigation.
According to the minister, the former head of government, who was recently the target of an assassination attempt, told the press that he received the threat in a phone call that was not directly addressed to him.
“It’s a message, but nothing should be downsized, otherwise you start to worry about what you didn’t do,” Fernandez said.
The security guard said he spoke to Kirchner on the phone yesterday to talk about the threat.
“He’s fine, very strong,” Fernández assured him.
According to the minister, “immediately” the case was reported to the local police chief, who will assess the need to strengthen the security of the vice president and conduct the investigation of the case.
The investigation will be in charge of judge María Eugenia Capuchetti, who was already responsible for the 1º assault case against Kirchner on the last day.
The attack took place in front of the vice president’s home in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. In the midst of a crowd that greeted Kirchner outside the residence, a man pointed a gun in his face, but there was no fire – the gun would have missed, according to police.
Argentine authorities determined that the arrested man was Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, a 35-year-old Brazilian. Born in São Paulo, the son of an Argentine and a Chilean, he has lived in Argentina since the 1990s and has a criminal record for carrying unconventional weapons.
The accused’s girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, was also arrested for alleged involvement in the case.
Argentina is experiencing a period of high political tension and Cristina Kirchner is subject to an arrest warrant by the Public Ministry in the context of a case in which she is accused of granting public works concessions during her tenure as president (2007). – 2015).
Since then, groups for and against the former president and current vice president have demonstrated on the streets of Buenos Aires.
Alberto Fernández said after the attack that he considered it the “most serious incident” in Argentina since its return to democracy in 1983.
source: Noticias
