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Argentine 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.
- An Argentine court sentenced Fernando Sabag Montiel to 10 years in prison for his failed assassination attempt on former president Cristina Kirchner.
- Montiel pointed a gun at Kirchner's head, but it misfired during an attack outside her home on September 1, 2022.
- Brenda Uliarte received an eight-year sentence for being a necessary accomplice in the attack, according to the court.
- The assassination attempt triggered nationwide support for Kirchner and revived memories of political violence in Argentina.
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The representatives of Kirchnerism on the Council of the Magistracy took testimony this Thursday to a PSA official involved in the rupture of Sabag Montiel’s cell phone, sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison. The judge’s defense opposed on regulatory issues but the hearing continued with much tension.
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.
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