Brazilian Fernando Sabag Montiel, 35, and his girlfriend, Branda Uliarte, 23, were formally charged with attempted murder in the September 1 attack on Argentina’s Vice President Cristina. The court also formalized the precautionary detention of the previously detained couple and placed a bail of 100 million Argentine pesos (approximately R$ 3.5 million).
In a 95-page ruling, Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti classified the couple as co-authors of the aggravated murder attempt.
“Sabag Montiel and Uliarte acted with the determined intent to cause the death of vice president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to the previous plan devised by the two, but the result was not achieved, it remained in the degree of interference,” the judge said. in decision.
“The gun was aimed at a vital part and several centimeters of the attacked person. There is no doubt about its ability to cause the victim’s death,” he says.
Regarding the case of two other inmates, Agustina Díaz, a friend of Brenda Uliarte’s, and Nicolás Carrizo, a member of the cotton candy sales group, the judge still awaits further evidence to confirm his role in the cover-up.
Re-enactment of attempted crime
Reconstruction of the assassination plot was made possible through the cell phones of those involved, with the exception of Sabag Montiel’s phone, whose contents the Federal Police deleted in an attempt to unlock the device. These were noted as the most important information.
Five months ago, on April 22, Brenda Uliarte purchased a 32-caliber semi-automatic pistol with a partially deleted number. In a conversation with a friend via the WhatsApp app, Brenda said the object was bought to “scare” her ex-boyfriend who abused her.
In a July 4 conversation with her friend Agustina Díaz, Brenda underscored her decision to kill the vice president, saying she “gone with the gun and shot Cristina” but without defining how the attack would be carried out. “How is the question, because the old lady is safe,” Brenda thinks of the vice president.
“The Cotton Candy Gang”
The form that would later be found was the so-called cotton candy sale, a branch in which the couple entered with a group of other vendors. It is possible to see a thread in the demonstrations in front of the house of Cristina Kirchner, which began on August 22 when the Justice Department asked the vice-president to be sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption.
The guise of a cotton candy salesman made it possible to conduct inconspicuous intelligence work on Cristina Kirchner’s movements. At the same time, it’s now possible to know if the duo attended the performances, thanks to the cotton candy image that stood out in the crowd. The unusual nightly sale of cotton candy amid adult protesters did not catch the attention of the more than 100 security guards guarding Cristina Kirchner.
“In the previous days [ao atentado], or rather, on August 27, Sabag Montiel is seen near the vice president’s house watching his movements with the intent to commit the crime, but on that occasion, realizing that he could not get close, he decided not to execute him. him-her-it. if there are enough victims. At that moment, he sent a message to his colleague and told him, [Cristina Kirchner] had already entered the house and this [Brenda] allegedly referring to the pistol the two men were holding to commit the crime, brought him nothing”, explains the judge in his decision.
Brenda Uliarte, who introduced herself to television cameras as Ámbar after the failed attempt, said she had not seen her boyfriend Fernando Sabag Montiel for two days. Fernando said in a statement that he “had nothing to do with the attack” and “acted alone”.
However, the footage recorded by the mobile phones of the protesters shows how Brenda sneaked out of the scene, passing by Sabag Montiel, who was taken to the police after she was handed over by the militants. “Brenda Elizabeth Uliarte was a few meters away when those present separated Fernando André Sabag Montiel from a group of people near the vice president’s residence,” the judge said.
Contrasting with the evidence, Brenda Uliarte said, “At that moment, I didn’t think Fernando had a gun. I didn’t see the action either. I only found out about it after I left.”
Brenda defended, “I want to explain that I have neither hatred nor resentment towards anyone. I could never do such a thing. I see it as something abnormal.” However, while Brenda was giving her own version, the contents of her cell phone showed another truth.
“There is no doubt that the two of them possessed the firearm they would use to commit the murder, and that they had a thorough knowledge of the weapon’s proper functioning and firing abilities. [a arma] According to the intelligence missions the duo carried out on the spot, ammunition of the same caliber was loaded near the victim’s residence. the vice president took a long time to greet the public”, concludes the judge.
approach strategy
On July 5, Brenda wrote to Fernando that “there must be blood to cleanse Argentina”.
“It’s possible to do it. You just have to find your way. I know how to use “iron”. [pistola]. I’m not a sniper, but I can handle it. You have to wait for a loophole, you have to be a strategist,” Brenda wrote, revealing she was the mastermind behind the plan.
The project got to the point where, on August 23, Sabag Montiel wrote to her about renting an apartment close to Cristina Kirchner’s house. They wanted to stay close to the crime scene.
“The tenant replied to me so we can see [o apartamento] Saturday. I told him we’d have the money to give him a signal,” Fernando said, reinforcing that it was giving Cristina a “popcorn”.
“We are very close to the woman. [Cristina]. Yes, you should go and give him some popcorn. Do you know what we need? From a sniper. He’s standing on the porch and bam, a bullet to the head to finish him off,” Brenda insisted.
Until, on August 27, Fernando Sabag Montiel warned Brenda Uliarte that she was unable to shoot. “She’s already inside [no edifício]. It’s up there, but I don’t think it will. So it’s gone. Leave it there. I’ll go there Don’t bring anything,” said the Brazilian.
“No, not that I noticed. Now there’s a TV camera and a few people. People are leaving. That was then. It should have been there. It’s too late now”, complains Fernando.
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escape strategy
Fernando comments on the militants who gather in front of Cristina Kirchner’s house every day to support him in corruption cases. And imagine what the reaction would be to the shots.
“Taking pictures, auditorium monkeys, pretending to be Peronists, what pleasure these ‘fags’ give me. You get in there shooting with a pistol and you know how everyone is running? Panic, chaos. If I shoot, they’ll say, ‘I’ll know I have the gun after the shots. I’ll have to get the magazine. and they will have to take the pistol from me. But there will be no bullets. So they will beat me. A few people may catch me, but others will flee”, Fernando daydreams about the crime scene. Brenda said, “You think they can’t catch you? The point is, you pop the popcorn and run.”
That same day, on August 27, Brenda wrote a letter to her friend Agustina Díaz, which she described as “the love of my life”.
“I will be the savior of Argentina. I was shooting. I know how to use a gun. Today I became San Martín. [libertador da Argentina]. I’m going to have Cristina killed. I’m tired of them talking and doing nothing. I will do this. The spirit of San Martín entered my body. That son of a bitch got in before I shot him,” Brenda tells her friend. “I had you kill Cristina. It didn’t happen because she came. I’m nervous! I sent a man to kill Cristi,” Brenda repeats with the air of the plot writer.
When asked by her friend how much the contractor charged for the murder, Brenda replies, “She didn’t blame me. She did it because she was fed up. I’m also (Cristina) tired of stealing and getting away with it.”
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“After detailed preparation, we arrived on September 1, when Fernández de Kirchner had the opportunity to approach the victim, who was hiding among the security guards,” the judge said.
Infiltrating the militants, Fernando Sabag Montiel aimed his gun a few centimeters from Cristina Kirchner’s face. He pulled the trigger, but the shot missed. There was no bullet in the chamber, a necessary previous step for shooting.
His friend Agustina said, “But what about he missed a shot? Didn’t he train before or failed the adrenaline of the moment? Where are you? Wouldn’t it be okay for you to go home?” asked her friend Agustina. “They’ll be looking for Brenda everywhere.” If they discover he has an accomplice, they will eat it”.
“If that happens, I’ll go to another country and even change my identity. I have some money and acquaintances. I’m leaving but I want to do something for the country first,” explains Brenda.
The judge justified preventive detention for this risk of escape. In addition to the aggravated murder case, there were crimes of illegally carrying a weapon of illegitimate origin, storing ammunition without legal authorization, and forgery of a public document.
Fernando Sabag Montiel is the son of a Chilean and an Argentinean. He was born in São Paulo but has lived in Buenos Aires since childhood.
Cristina thanks God and attack is viewed with suspicion
This Thursday (16), Cristina Kirchner spoke for the first time. Before the priests working in the favelas he had summoned to the Senate, the Vice-President said, “Praise be to God and the Virgin Mary .
Consulting Reputação Digital measured people’s reaction on social networks. There were 801,000 conversations recorded by 256,000 people about the attack. The result showed that 62.5% of the responses did not believe the attack.
Another consultant, Trespuntozero, reached similar conclusions: 53.6% believe the attack was invented by Cristina Kirchner for self-immolation, while 30.8% believe it was an assassination attempt. Another 8.1% interpret it as an isolated case of violence perpetrated by an unstable person.
When asked if they would demonstrate on the streets to support Cristina Kirchner and deny the attack, 28.6% answered affirmatively and 71.4% negatively.
source: Noticias
