Fernando Sabag Montiel is “mentally healthy.” This was determined by the first psychological expertise carried out on the man who tried to assassinate the vice president, Cristina Fernández. He is accused of “attempted homicide”, for which he risks life imprisonment.
Fernando Andre Sabag Montiel, the 35-year-old man who this Thursday, September 1, attacked the vice president with a weapon Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, He was declared “mentally healthy” by the Justice.
This was determined by the first psychiatric expertise, which established that the aggressor was aware of his actions when trying to carry out the attack.
The preliminary study determined that the Brazilian citizen, who has Argentine nationality, is located in time and space, published Profile.
The alleged attacker is also the son of a Chilean father and an Argentine mother.
Now, the accused of “attempted homicide” could testify in the case before the federal judge María Eugenia Capuchetti and prosecutor Carlos Rívolo this Saturday.
Likewise, the investigators do not rule out any hypothesis surrounding the assassination attempt that took place in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta.
There, the former head of state arrived at her residence in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta.
Sabag Montiel got between the demonstrators who were supporting the vice president and aimed at her head.
Then, he pressed the trigger of his gun twice, once pistola Bersa Lusber 84, calibre 7,65mm Browning, but the bullet did not come out.
Cristina Fernández’s attacker could receive life imprisonment
The prison sentences against the potential assassin could vary in relation to the different conclusions that are taken from other expert reports of the weapon and the detainee.
Some specialists pointed out that the institutional seriousness it represents and the aggravating circumstance that the vice president “is a woman” could be added to this assassination attempt.
On the other hand, the figure of “assassination” was discussed, which is not defined in the Penal Code.
In this way, the federal judge Capuchetti He classified the file as “attempted aggravated homicide”.
Thus, the crime that can be taken as a basis is the one stipulated by article 82 of the Penal Code, which stipulates “life imprisonment or life imprisonment.”
It must also be determined if the accused has permission to carry weapons, something that has not yet been verified.
In the case of attempt, the penalty is life imprisonment from 15 to 20 years; if it is life imprisonment, it is 10 to 15 years.
Finally, to this would be added the actual competition for the use of a firearm and, depending on the case, the -for now presumed- illegitimate possession.