(Buenos Aires) The main defendant in the attempted assassination of Argentinian Vice-President Cristina Kirchner in September has reaffirmed that he “acted alone” and assured that he had no remorse for his act, motivated according to him “by the situation of the country “.
“I did it on my own initiative. They are making up a story. I acted alone, “said Fernando Sabag Montiel in a brief telephone interview from his pre-trial detention, broadcast Monday evening by C5N television, his first public remarks since the attack.
“Brenda Uliarte had nothing to do with it […] I have the evidence,” he added, referring to his 23-year-old friend, also charged and in custody. He had already tried to clear her in previous statements to the investigation.
Asked why he wanted to kill Mrs. Kirchner, Sabag Montiel replied, “because of the situation in the country”. Do you regret your action? ” No “.
On September 1, Sabag Montiel had pointed his gun at Ms. Kirchner’s head, just a few meters away, without any shots being fired, as she mingled with well-wishers who had come to wait for her at the bottom of her home in Buenos Aires. He was subdued and arrested on the spot.
On the facts, the attacker said that “the gun was loaded, I pulled the trigger, but the shot did not go off”.
He then accused investigators of deliberately planting ammunition and drugs in his home, to make him look like “a drug addict”, “an image of someone I’m not”.
To date, three people, Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uriarte and a 27-year-old friend of theirs are being held for the attempted attack, which at this stage of the investigation would have been mainly driven by their political hatred of the ex. -head of the Peronist state.
Ms. Kirchner rejects this idea and suggests a higher degree of organization. She publicly pointed the finger, behind the trio of suspects, at private funding “identified with the government” of her predecessor, the liberal Mauricio Macri. Without specifying his accusations however.
Ms. Kirchner tried to challenge the judge Maria Eugenia Capuchetti in charge of the investigation, doubting her impartiality and denouncing her reluctance to explore the possible political links of the suspects. Justice confirmed the judge in her charge, seeing “no act” suggesting impartiality.