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The Argentine vp affirms earlier than the decide that she was not conscious on the time of the assault that the aggressor was carrying a pistol
The Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchnerhas acknowledged in courtroom that he was not conscious that his aggressor was carrying a gun on the time of the assault. The politician has given a press release earlier than the decide María Eugenia Capuchetti and the prosecutor Carlos Rívolo and has alleged that she didn’t notice throughout the failed assassination try that her assailant had pointed a gun at her and had pulled the set off, with out reaching To shoot. Kirchner affirms that she came upon later, already inside her dwelling – the place she was taken after the pissed off assassination-, of the small print of the occasion, based on judicial sources quoted by the newspaper ‘La Nación’.
The authorities are investigating what occurred as an tried homicide, however Fernández didn’t ask in his first assertion to affix as an accusation within the case, which might give him entry to the file and permit him to enchantment choices. The detainee, Fernando Andres Sabag Montiel35 years outdated and of Brazilian origin, has refused to testify in his first alternative earlier than the decide and the prosecutor, though he has acknowledged as his personal the model 32-caliber pistol Bersa that he triggered and that, based on the primary investigations, had firing capability, experiences the Télam company. The defendant doesn’t have a legal document in his nation of origin, based on the EFE company.
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Greater than twenty witnesses have already testified within the case, primarily supporters of Fernández who have been subsequent to the home when the assault occurred and members of the safety personnel.
The assault on Cristina Fernández occurred in a context of sturdy political pressure between the Authorities and the opposition, which has grown since on Monday of final week a prosecutor requested a 12-year jail sentence for the vp within the framework of the trial listening to to which she is subjected for alleged irregularities within the concession of public works throughout her Authorities. Tens of 1000’s of individuals demonstrated this previous Friday in Buenos Aires and the principle cities of Argentina in repudiation of an assault towards Vice President Cristina Kirchner, with requires coexistence and an finish to the acute political polarization.
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