Inquiries into assassination attempt on Cristina Fernández continue

Buenos Aires, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) Investigations into the assassination attempt on Vice President Cristina Fernández continue in Argentina on Monday, after a third alleged suspect was identified and the cell phones of several suspects were analyzed.

Around 21:00 hours, local time, on September 1, a 35-year-old Brazilian citizen identified as Fernando Sabag pointed a gun at Fernández’s head when she was greeting people gathered outside her home in the Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires.

Although he pulled the trigger, the gun, which had five bullets, failed to shoot.

On Sunday, September 4, officers of the Anti-Terrorist Investigation Unit arrested Sabag’s girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, after she was detected in images from surveillance cameras located in the vicinity of the former head of State’s apartment.

The couple was charged by Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti for “having attempted to kill Fernández, with prior planning and agreement between them.”

On September 9, Gabriel Nicolás Carrizo, friend and possible leader of the group that guarded Fernández’s house before the attack, was identified in recordings.

Among the main objectives of the investigation at this time are to determine how the group operated and whether it received orders from someone else.