The mother of Argentina’s former first lady Fabiola Yáñez, Miriam Verdugo, testified Thursday before the prosecutor’s office that she witnessed physical violence carried out by the then president. Alberto Fernandez (2019–2023) about her daughter during pregnancy.

«I saw Alberto push my daughter when she was pregnant“Verdugo made the statement to prosecutor Ramiro González, who is investigating the case following a complaint filed on August 6 by Yáñez alleging gender violence against the former president, local media with access to the investigation reported.

Verdugo came from Madrid, where his daughter and two-year-old grandson Francisco, the son of Yanez and Fernandez, live. submit your application in person in the Comodoro Pi courts in Buenos Aires.

According to his statement, Fernandez “shaked and pushed” Yañez, causing her to fall to the floor. when she was eight months pregnant in April 2022. The woman said that this was the only time she witnessed an attack by the former president.

On the other hand, Verdugo said he was present when Fernandez forced his then-partner to have an abortion in 2016.

This testimony coincides with the statement of Tamara Yañez, who last Monday confirmed the testimony of his sister Fabiola before the prosecutor that Fernandez forced her to have an abortion in 2016.

The statement from Fernandez’s ex-mother-in-law is the sixth in a row Journalist Alicia Barrios gave her testimonywell-informed about the daily life of the presidential couple; Fernandez’s former secretary, Maria Cantero; beautician Maria Florencia Aguirre; Daniel Rodriguez, former administrator of the Quinta de Olivos (the presidential residence); and former presidential physician Federico Saavedra.

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For her part, the former first lady spoke virtually from the Argentine consulate in Madrid.

Yanez’s girlfriend, Sofia Pachki, who was supposed to appear before the prosecutor last week, is still scheduled to appear before the prosecutor, but He was unable to do so, citing health problems.

Yanes, 43 years old, decided to file a complaint against the former president65, after an Argentine judge – as part of an investigation into alleged influence peddling – found conversations and images on the phone of the former presidential secretary that indicated a possible case of sexist violence.

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The prosecutor charged Fernandez with alleged crime involving serious injury is doubly aggravated by the relationship and what is happening in the context of gender-based violence and threats of coercion to the detriment of her ex-partner.

Finally, federal judge Julian Ercolini Fernandez banned from leaving Argentina and ordered him not to approach the applicant or contact him in any way. (EFE)