The failed attack on Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner was the result of “planning and prior agreement” between the aggressor and his girlfriend, according to a court indictment released Wednesday (7).

Fernando Sabag Montiel refused to testify in court – Photo: REPRODUÇÇÃO/TWITTER/ND

Fernando Sabag Montiel, who pointed the gun less than a meter from Kirchner’s head, and his girlfriend Brenda Uliarte, both detained, were charged with “attempting to kill Cristina Kirchner, relying on planning and prior agreement between the two of them.” ”, says the text of Judge Maria Eugenia Capuchetti, published by various media, including the official agency Télam.

Last Thursday evening, Montiel pointed her gun less than a meter from Kirchner’s head as she was surrounded by well-wishers waiting outside her home to show support after a 12-year prison sentence and their disqualification from public office. The State Ministry is on trial for corruption.

So far, only the 35-year-old aggressor and his 23-year-old girlfriend have been detained, accused of attempted murder of the former president (2007-2015).

The judge is also keeping five friends of the detainees, cotton candy street vendors, under close scrutiny to determine if they are involved in the crime. All testified as witnesses, but were forced to hand over their mobile phones.

The accusation of the judge is preliminary. She has 10 days from the moment of interrogation to decide whether or not to prosecute the accused.

On Tuesday, Montiel was subpoenaed to expand on the testimony given the previous Friday, but at both hearings he refused to testify; he would only say that his girlfriend “had nothing to do” with either the attempted murder or the planning, according to forensic sources.

Ularte, in turn, whose image was captured by CCTV cameras near the crime scene at the time of the attack, said he was only accompanying his boyfriend.

In an interview with a TV channel before her arrest, the girl stated that she had not met her boyfriend for 48 hours before the attack.

Uliart was in the vicinity, according to the indictment, and it was determined that the couple had had the weapons used in the failed attack before August. The weapons were seized by the police at the scene.

In the document, the judge stated that the two acted by “taking advantage of Kirchner’s state of insecurity,” generated by the mob.

Montiel cocked a .38 Bersa pistol at Kirchner’s head, but for an as-yet-unexplained reason, the bullets failed to fire as the vice president greeted her followers in front of her residence.

In hand-to-hand combat, Kirchner appeared to be unaware that he was the target of a gun and continued signing autographs on books for several minutes before entering his home, while some supporters held the attacker at the scene so the police could arrest him.

On Wednesday, the government dismissed some of the police officers who are part of the deputy’s protection, considering that they “do not have the level that was expected of them,” the Telam agency reported.