The deputy shot in Corrientes spoke: 'The shot could have been for anyone on stage'

09/09/2021 23:46

• Clarín.com

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Updated 09/09/2021 23:46

Two weeks after being hit by a bullet in the abdomen during a closing act of the Frente de Todos campaign in the town of Tapebicuá, Corrientes,

Miguel Arias

said that

he felt "very well"

and warned that "the shot could have been

for any

"of those who participated in the proselytizing event.

"

I received the shot, but it could have been for anyone

who was on stage and even those who were in the audience," said the provincial deputy in dialogue with

C5N

.

Then, he was happy for his health: "My condition is very good. My recovery is being very fast and I feel very good.

I almost led my life normally

."

Regarding the hypotheses about the attack, he

did not want to risk an

unfounded

version

of events and maintained that "it is still

too early

to be able to

express what happened."

Miguel Arias, deputy from Corrientes shot in a political act.

"We don't know yet and we must be respectful of the timing of the Justice investigation," he added.

In this sense, he was "very satisfied with the work that the prosecution is now doing," although he complained that "at first, there were some

investigations that were a little misdirected

by the provincial police," according to his attorney.

"

Some things happened that should not have happened

, but they were quickly corrected by the prosecution," he warned. 

However, he stressed that, after "those first

disagreements in the investigation,

" now there is "a joint effort between the federal and provincial security forces."

"I am

calm, patient and satisfied

with what is being done and I believe that it is not necessary to rush to find a culprit, but to wait for this to be elucidated and

the guilty or the guilty are punished

," he said.

Finally, he closed: "

It is a very serious event

, not only because they hit me with a bullet, but because it happened in the context of a campaign closing act, which makes it transcend in another way and have another relevance."

The provincial deputy Miguel Arias, minutes before being shot in an act in Tapibecuá.

This Wednesday, Arias had sent a greeting to the militancy in the face of the PASO elections on Sunday: "Good afternoon, colleagues. What a joy to be able to be here with you. I did not think to miss this beautiful moment for any reason."

"I send you my greeting, my affection, my hug, and let's walk together with Camau, with Anita, with Jorge Antonio, with Marlene, with Tata. We are going to victory now, now.

Let's all go!"

, ended in the video.

The attack

Miguel Arias

was shot in the abdomen on the night of Thursday, August 26, in Corrientes, in the town of Tapebicuá, in the south of the province, while participating in a campaign closing ceremony of the Frente de Todos.

The event occurred at

9:00 p.m.

, when

Arias was onstage

, accompanying the mayor of Paso de los Libres, Martín Ascúa, in the last act before the elections this Sunday.

As soon as the attack took place, he was taken in a patrol car to the hospital in Paso de Los Libres, which is the neighboring city of Tapebicuá, where Arias was wounded.

Provincial deputy shot during an act in Corrientes.

Photo The Coast

Arias underwent surgery around midnight.

They removed the projectile

and confirmed that only the

intestine was affected.

Miguel Mateo Arias is part of the Justicialista Party bloc and has a provincial mandate until 2023. He integrates the Production, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, and Ecology and Environment commissions in the provincial legislature.

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