Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Kirchner made her first public appearance in Buenos Aires on Thursday, nearly two weeks after a failed assassination attempt.
This week, Argentine authorities arrested a woman suspected of participating in the organization of the attack.
The arrest was made after information about a new suspect was found on the cell phone of the gunman’s partner Fernando Sabag, according to reports in the main newspapers Clarin and La Nacion.
On the night of September 1, Sabag pulled the trigger of a loaded gun inches from Fernandez de Kirchner’s head, but it did not fire.
The apparent assassination attempt has shaken Argentine politics, which is already under a protracted economic crisis that has fueled strong internal differences between the center-left Peronist coalition in power.
Judicial authorities declined to provide information about the arrest to Reuters, citing secrecy rules for ongoing criminal investigations.
The unidentified detainee, the third person to be arrested in the case, was allegedly part of a small informal organization that masterminded the attack on the influential left-wing vice president, according to reports.
Kirchner previously served as the country’s president for two terms, from 2007 to 2015.
The reports also noted that judicial authorities have increased security for her and her family following telephone death threats in recent days.
Source: CNN Brasil
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