He The prosecutor leading the investigation into the failed attack on Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez, September 1, 2022 at the door of your house, requested that on Monday the three detainees be sent to an oral trial.

Federal prosecutor Carlos Rivolo confirmed to EFE that he had completed the investigation stage and asked Judge Maria Eugenia Capuchetti to stand trial.

He The main detainee is Fernando Sabag Montiel, accused of being the one who shot the vice president in the face. from a gun that didn’t explode.

They also arrested his girlfriend Brenda Uliarte as an alleged accomplice in the murder, as well as Nicolás Carrizo, who allegedly received several messages related to the attack from his mobile phone. and who is considered a minor contributor.

The botched attack came when Sabag Montiel, a 35-year-old Brazilian at the time, approached Fernandez as he greeted supporters outside his home in Buenos Aires, who showed their support days after a prosecutor filed a scathing charge against her. . in a trial in which she was accused of corruption offenses during her tenure as president (2007-2015).

Since then, the vice president, who was sentenced last December to six years in prison and an indefinite political ban – a verdict that is not yet final – has again criticized Justice, which she accuses of harassing her in order to declare her out of office. law. y incitement to political violence.

Also, earlier this month, Fernandez spoke out against the alleged “cover-up” of the attack and targeted Patricia Bullrich, the presidential candidate of the country’s main opposition coalition.

On Twitter, the former president referred to an article published by the Argentine newspaper Página 12 that said a key witness in the case had been pressured to delete data from her mobile phone at Bullrich-affiliated offices.

According to this information, the witness, former adviser to the opposition MP Gerardo Milman, testified in court that she did not empty the phone “of her own free will, but was taken to the office of Patricia Bullrich, from where the expert deleted the contents of her device, another adviser and Milman himself .

According to the newspaper, the witness was with Milman at the bar when another Congressional official heard him say, “When they kill her, I’m going to the coast,” just two days before the attack.

“Very impressive is not only the naturalization of political violence against me, but also the cover-up of the assassination attempt on September 1,” Fernandez said.

Bullrich, who was Minister of Security under the government of Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), stated shortly thereafter: “They no longer know what to invent in the face of the complete and utter failure of their miserable co-government. My Kirchnerism ends on December 10,” the politician said.

(EFE)