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| The vice president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, leaves her home in Buenos Aires escorted by security agents, the day after suffering an attempted attack. |
They confirm that the weapon used to try to kill Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has the fingerprints of the accused
The report on the DNA traces in the 32-caliber Bersa weapon used by Fernando Sabag Montiel to attack the Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has determined that the person accused of the assassination attempt actually used the weapon.
The Argentine justice received this Monday the expert results that have found the defendant's fingerprints on the weapon, dispelling doubts that the confiscated weapon was not the one seen in the videos in the hands of the attacker, according to the Télam agency, citing research sources.
The remains of genetic material have been found on the trigger, the magazine, and the handle, confirming that it was Sabag Montiel who wielded the weapon.
The information has been added to other elements that were incorporated into the investigation this Monday, which remains under summary secrecy, while waiting for the federal judge María Eugenia Capuchetti and the prosecutor Carlos Rívolo to take an investigative statement from Brenda Ámbar Uliarte, the girlfriend of the aggressor, according to the aforementioned agency.
Meanwhile, judicial sources are looking for alternatives to try to recover information from Sabag Montiel's phone, which was reset while it was available to the Capuchetti court.
Sabag Montiel, the 35-year-old Brazilian who tried to kill Fernández de Kirchner last Thursday night, fired his gun twice, but the shot never took place because, according to the newspaper Clarín, although he had a magazine with bullets, there was none in the chamber.
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