US EditionArgentine court sentences a former couple to years in prison over botched assassination of ex-VP
Fernando Sabag Montiel received 10 years and Brenda Uliarte 8 years for the failed 2022 assassination attempt during Kirchner's corruption trial, court ruled Wednesday.
- A court in Argentina sentenced Fernando Sabag Montiel to 10 years and Brenda Uliarte to 8 years in prison for attempting to assassinate former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on September 1, 2022.
- Montiel approached Fernández with a loaded gun and pulled the trigger, but it malfunctioned.
- Prosecutors provided evidence, including WhatsApp chats, indicating that Montiel and Uliarte planned the attack in advance.
- Cristina Fernández was previously sentenced to six years in prison for corruption but is serving her sentence under house arrest due to her age and safety concerns.
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In addition, the court has sentenced his ex-partner as a necessary participant in attempted aggravated homicide to 8 years in prison.
Buenos Aires. Three years after the assassination attempt against former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the Federal Oral Court yesterday sentenced Fernando Sabag Montiel, who twice fired the gun that ruled just 10 centimeters from the head of the former president, to 10 years in prison, while his ex-girlfriend and accomplice Brenda Uliarte received an eight-year prison sentence, and acquitted Nicolás Gabriel Carrizo, the head of both.
About three years ago, the former Argentine president barely escapes death. In front of Cristina Kirchner's apartment in Buenos Aires, a man with a pistol targets the politician. The perpetrator and his ex-girlfriend are now sentenced.
Failed assassin of Argentina's former president given 10-year prison term
An Argentine court has sentenced a gunman to prison for his failed attempt to assassinate former president Cristina Kirchner. The case has stirred memories of past political violence and sparked widespread public support for Kirchner.
On Wednesday, 10 and 8 years of imprisonment were imposed on the two perpetrators of an assassination attempt in 2022 against former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, a miraculously missed gun attack that traumatized the country.
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