Tuesday 13 September 2022 10:02 PM Argentine authorities beef up security for VP Cristina Fernández trends now
An Argentina federal judge has ordered an increase in security around Vice President Cristina Fernández after she received a death threat phone call Monday - 11 days after she was nearly assassinated in front of her home in Buenos Aires.
Judge Maria Capuchetti, who is overseeing the investigation of the case, made the request after she was notified by the Ministry of Security that a woman had called the vice president Monday afternoon and told her that she was going to murder her.
Online news portal Infobae first reported the verbal death threat.
Authorities have been analyzing the recorded phone call to determine the exact location of where the call was placed and hopefully identify the caller.
A federal court judge in Argentina has called for increased security presence for Vice President Cristina Fernández (pictured greeting supporters September 8) after the Ministry of Security reported she received a death threat phone call Monday, 11 days after she was nearly assassinated by Brazilian national Fernando Sabag
A gun held by Brazilian national Fernando Sabag is pointed at the face of Vice President Fernández while she greeted supporters in front of her home in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta
Fernández, who served as first lady to her president husband Néstor Kirchner from 2003 to 2007, and then as president herself from 2007 to 2015, is currently in the middle of a corruption trial. She was returning home from court the night of September 1 when she survived the assassination attempt.
Brazilian national Fernando Sabag, 35, approached her, drew his gun in front of her face and pulled the trigger. Fortunately for Fernández, the loaded gun got jammed.
Sabag was taken into custody at the scene and his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, 23, who was standing near the scene of the assassination attempt - despite telling the police that she had not seen him in two days - was arrested three days later.
Each defendant been charged with attempted homicide.
Sabag has
