Argentina’s president says he was next target for assassination
September 13, 2022, 1:00 pm

Argentina’s president says he was next target for assassination

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Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said Monday that those behind the recent failed assassination attempt against Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner also wanted to kill him, according to the Anadolu Agency.

Fernandez told the Spanish TV channel Telecinco that he came to this conclusion after investigators obtained new information.

"The culprits’ conversations became known and they said that the next one is me," he said, referencing suspects Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte, who have been indicted.

Investigators believe the couple planned and organized the attempted assassination of de Kirchner, although the charges may be revised as authorities continue their probe.

Fernandez added that he must be cautious regarding his personal security.

He said: “I have to be careful in case it happens to me, but I cannot separate myself from people.”

Presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez and running mate former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (not pictured) celebrate after election results in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 27, 2019. (Reuters)

"We have to be vigilant. What I don't want is for us to be separated from the people. That's not Argentina," he added, labelling the suspects "a gang of scoundrels."

Fernandez went on to say that de Kirchner is "fine" but confirmed that "it was a moment of shock for everyone," insisting that since the country’s return to democracy, there have been no political crimes of this nature.

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The Argentine leader described the image of a gun being pointed at the vice-president's head as "hard,” admitting there had been a failure in the security operations protecting her.

"The whole security system in these circumstances fails. That person (Sabag Montiel) knew that he was in the middle of a crowd that was going to cheer and accompany Cristina, and he knew that, whatever the result, he was going to be arrested by the people around him," he said.

The president also touched on the difficulty for authorities to foresee such events.

"When you are willing to risk your life or your freedom to achieve your objective, it is very difficult to predict” such an attack.

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But Fernandez also made it clear that he believes that Sabag Montiel, who appears to have far-right sympathies and tattoos relating to Nazism, is fully sane.

A video shared widely by local media on Sept. 11 showed Sabag Montiel handling the same Bersa gun used against de Kirchner.

Fernandez suggested during the program that society is not doing something well if such a "horrible idea enters a person's head.”

"He is not a Martian or a person outside our society. He lives among us. He is not a madman. He is a person with his full faculties."

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