What is known about the man who pointed a gun at Vice President Cristina Fernández

First modification: 09/02/2022 – 14:33Last modification: 09/02/2022 – 14:34

Andrés Sabag Montiel is the identity disclosed by the Ministry of Security of the man who tried to shoot the face of the Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

According to the Police, the man, who pulled the trigger when the former president was signing books in front of her house in Buenos Aires, was born in Brazil, is 35 years old and has lived in Argentine territory since childhood.

He arrived in the country in 1993 and has a criminal record. On March 17, 2021, he was prosecuted for carrying an unconventional weapon. It was a 35-centimeter knife that he said he was carrying for security reasons.

The file opened by the authorities at that time indicates that the officers removed the sharp object.

Tattoos with Nazi references and controversial television appearances

The world knew about the alleged attacker since the night of September 1, when he tried to attack the political leader, but on his social networks, in which he identified himself as ‘Salim’, he was known for showing his tattoos with Nazi references and his followers radicalized and hate groups.

The authorities indicated that, among many others, Sabag Montiel followed and praised pages of “satanic communism”, “Masonic orders” and “antipsychopathic coach”.

Likewise, the local press highlights that the subject had striking appearances on television. Two of them in recent weeks, on the ‘Crónica TV’ program, after having a fight with a woman, who he claimed was of Bolivian nationality and who received a social plan, something in which the now detainee and his girlfriend were shown in disagreement.

The subject later appeared in an interview on the street with strong criticism of the government’s social plans and raised the extradition of foreigners.

On his digital platforms, Montiel also released another video in which he appears in a television poll after the appointment of Sergio Massa as Minister of Economy. At that time he launched harsh questions to the political class and of which he later boasted about him in the networks. “Neither Milei nor Cristina”, he wrote in the publication.

According to commercial records, the arrested person is also registered as a worker dedicated to the “non-regular urban and suburban motor transport service for free passengers”, that is, vehicles requested by mobile applications.

So far, the authorities indicate that they do not know the individual’s motivation for trying to shoot the country’s vice president.

“The gun didn’t work”

A failure in the weapon would have been the reason that stopped the assassination attempt, as described by the Argentine Government.

The president of the nation, Alberto Fernández, assured that the pistol with which the detainee pointed had five bullets. However, the device did not work.

“Cristina remains alive, because for a reason, not yet technically confirmed, the weapon, loaded with five bullets, did not fire,” said the head of state during a speech issued shortly after the event.

“This fact is extremely serious, it is the most serious that has happened since we have recovered our democracy,” emphasized Fernández, who also declared this Friday a national holiday.

The events took place days after hundreds of supporters of the leader began to gather around her residence, in the Recoleta neighborhood, to express their support for her after the Prosecutor’s Office requested 12 years in prison against her and disqualification from occupying public charges, for alleged corruption.

with local media