Argentina: Police arrest fourth suspect in Cristina Fernandez attack

Police officer A man has been arrested for a failed attack on Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez, and four people have already been arrested for the September 1 attack, sources say. Airport Security Police (SRP).

Near Gabriel Nicholas Carrizopresented in local media as the head of the “group of kopitos”, a group of cotton candy vendors who opened a shop around the house Fernandez when Fernando Sabag Montiel, The first person to be arrested, he approached her during a demonstration by supporters and fired his pistol two centimeters from her face without being shot.

They are already under arrest for this failed attack, in addition to Sabag Montiel, 35 year old Brazilian; his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, Argentinean, 23; D Agustin Diaz21 years old, also an Argentinean and a friend of Uliarte.

Ularte D Sabag Montiel They are accused of “attempting to assassinate” the vice president “with planning and prior agreement between them” and Diaz, according to what his lawyers confirmed this Wednesday, is accused of “participating in the planning of the assassination.” murder after investigators uncovered a series of messages in which Ularte allegedly confessed to a friend about his plan to attack the former president (2007-2015).

Lawyers Diaz assured that his client “never believed that what she said could be done”, given that Ularte was “manipulative and chatty”, and claimed that Diaz learned about the attack “from the media”.

“Snowflakes”

Thanks to the information provided by the seized cell phones, elements emerged from which the judge was able to establish that there had been another attempt to attack the Vice President, which had been aborted.

Ullarte, a friend of the main accused of the assassination, had among her occupations street selling cotton candy (“snowflakes”), she herself admitted in statements to the news channel Crónica TV before the attack.

According to images shared by local media, the cotton candy cart was first seen outside Fernandez’s home on August 23, at the start of demonstrations in support of the former president after demanding a 12-year sentence. it was formulated by the prosecutor two days before.

A similar cart was seen again four days later.

According to local media reports, investigators are working on a hypothesis that in the days before the attack, Uliarte was engaged in “intelligence” to provide information to Sabag Montiel.

Judge in the case Maria Eugenia Capuchettidecided to introduce summary secrecy and accepted the vice president’s request this Wednesday for admission as a plaintiff in the case.

(EFE)