'Freddy', the son of Argentines arrested for the assault on the US Capitol.

03/19/2021 7:58 PM

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Updated 03/19/2021 7:58 PM

One of the main detainees for the assault on the Capitol on January 6 in the United States turned out to be the son of Argentines and the

nephew of an important figure in the last military dictatorship in our country

, according to an investigation by the US site

Vice News

.

Federico Klein, nicknamed "Freddie",

was arrested a couple of weeks ago

by the police thanks to the recordings of the American Parliament chambers.

The filming showed that he had an important role in that event, where Trump supporters stormed the headquarters of Congress violating security and occupying parts of the building for several hours,

resulting in four deaths

.

Freddie, an active militant in favor of Trump, is the

nephew of Guillermo Walter Klein

, remembered for being part of

the team of former Minister of Economy José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz

during the last dictatorship.

The taking of the Capitol on January 6 by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

(Reuters)

Walter Klein was Secretary of State for Economic Programming and Coordination from 1976 to 1981, and is one of the architects of the economic plan that devastated Argentina.

In September 1979,

the Montoneros group blew up their house

, and Klein and his family were providentially saved.

Freddy is the son of his brother Federico and was born in the United States.

He spent nearly a decade

serving in the Marine Corps

, until he began working for

the Trump campaign in 2016

.

When the magnate came to power, he placed several of his campaign members in secondary positions, including Freddy, who

held a position in the State Department

.

There, according to

Vice News

, Freddy was heard, with a very right-wing tendency,

praising the military leadership that de facto ruled Argentina

between 1976 and 1983.

The clashes during the assault on the Capitol.

) (AP)

“I

had warm feelings about the Argentine junta

.

His father is Argentine and he expressed some frustration with how history remembers that brutal dictatorship, "a former State Department official told the US newspaper.

The Capitol videos show

Klein on

January 6

in the first wave of attackers

, encouraging protesters to enter the scene and seize it.

"We need new people," he said, while

using a police shield to attack the officers

who were trying to contain him.

In the case, prosecutors say Klein ignored police orders and was only able to calm him down when they pepper sprayed him.

He now

faces six charges for his role in the insurrection

.

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