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(CNN Spanish) --
A report from the Argentine Federal Police (PSA) determined that the weapon seized after the alleged murder attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has DNA traces that would coincide with that of Fernando André Sabag Montiel, he informed CNN a source with direct access to the file.
The 35-year-old man was arrested Thursday night after he aimed and fired his gun centimeters from the former president's face while the senior official greeted protesters near her home and faces charges of attempted murder.
Who is Fernando Sabag Montiel, the attacker of the Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
The DNA samples compatible with Sabag Montiel were found, said the source with access to the police report, in the trigger, slide and handle of the 32-caliber Bersa pistol, he specified before the query.
The report would compromise the detainee, since the firearm was seized on Thursday night on public roads moments after the attack on Fernandez de Kirchner, according to a police statement, and the gun was not in Sabag's possession at that time. Montiel.
Who is Fernando Sabag Montiel?
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Sabag Montiel was born on January 13, 1987 in the state of Sao Paulo, in Brazil, but has resided in Argentina since 1993, sources from the country's Migration Directorate reported.
The defendant had permission to carry weapons, reported the National Agency for Controlled Materials (Anmac).
Sabag Montiel has already had problems with the Justice: the Police reported that he was arrested for "use of an improper weapon" for carrying a large knife in 2021.
In two videos broadcast by the local channel Crónica TV, the accused is seen and heard giving his opinion in mid-August on various current Argentine issues.
A reporter asks him: Massa yes or Massa no?, in reference to the newly appointed Minister of Economy.
And Sabag Montiel replied: "No, not even with sticks."
Later, in an apparent criticism of the government's social policy, the person suspected of targeting the vice president said: “My girlfriend had social plans, but she stopped having them, because she doesn't give plans when you can work.
She gets ahead by working, not charging plans”.
CNN contacted that news channel and the production confirmed that both appearances were casual, that is, there was no particular search to interview him.
The Argentine Federal Police indicated that the person who gives these interviews is the same person who is detained in the Superintendence of this force.
In addition, this body confirmed that the accused has a tattoo with Nazi symbols.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
