The incident happened when Cristina Fernandez arrived at her apartment in Recoleta, Buenos Aires and was greeting people. Suddenly, a man pointed a gun at the vice president. He drew his gun but did not fire. The video of the incident is now going viral.
The Buenos Aires Times reported that investigators have begun trying to determine whether Montiel was trying to shoot him or whether it was an accident. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez reacted to the incident. ‘Christina is alive. He said there were five bullets in the gun and he did not fire.
Fernandez was among the crowd protesting the trial of Christina Fernandez. Cristina is on trial in a case related to public works contracts awarded in her constituency of Santa Cruz province in Patagonia. Hundreds of protesters have been protesting in the streets of Argentina’s Juncal and Uruguay for more than a week, demanding a halt to the trial.
Prosecutors are seeking 12 years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. Argentina is in a state of tension as the trial against the vice president continues. The Vice President is facing trial in five more cases. She was acquitted in several cases.
President Alberto Fernandez said the incident was serious. Today there was an assassination attempt on the Vice President of the country, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. This is a very serious problem that has happened since becoming a democracy,” the President said. He also declared Friday a national holiday in Argentina following the incident.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Bolivian President Luis Arce, former Bolivian President Evo Morales, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and US Ambassador to Argentina Mark Stanley also condemned the incident.
The world was also shocked by the shooting death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe earlier this year. Abe was killed by Yamagami Tetsuya.
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