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Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner (2007-2015) testified as a victim in the trial of those accused of the attempted murder on September 1, 2022, in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.
“Tomorrow I will testify in the oral trial that the authors of the material that will carry out my assassination on September 1, 2022 are being followed. Intellectual authors and financiers? Very good, thank you. They sleep under the protection of Comodoro Py (Federal Court),” Kirchner wrote on his X account on Tuesday.
The former president has repeatedly criticized that justice is not being sought for the so-called “intellectuals” and “financiers” responsible for the assassination attempt.
It will be the first time Kircher will be in the same courtroom as the three people on trial for the failed attack.
Fernando Sabbag (37) claimed that he pulled the trigger a few centimeters away from the head of the then Vice President (2019-2023). The gun allegedly misfired and did not fire.
The trial, expected to last between six and 12 months, focuses on the attacker, his ex-girlfriend and their employers as street vendors, without touching on their alleged ideology or possible financial support. The two cases are part of another case that is still under investigation.
Sabbagh had to testify at the first hearing of the oral trial on June 26 this year, saying the attempted murder was “an act of justice” because “Dr. Kirchner was corrupt, thieving and a threat to society.” He was also found fully responsible for the crime, which carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
Two other people implicated are Brenda Uliarte, who is accused of being a co-author, and Nicolás Carrizo, her and Sabbag’s former employer, who the charges name as the “mastermind” after incriminating messages were found on his phone after the attack.
“All the messages were a joke,” Carrizo explained in a July 3 statement, in which he pledged that “he would never kill anyone.”
That same day, Uriarte was supposed to testify, but minutes into answering questions, he asked to cancel the hearing because he was not feeling well.
On the night of September 1, 2022, Sabbagh twice pointed a pistol at the former president’s head in the middle of a crowd heading to the neighborhood of Kirchner’s apartment in Buenos Aires to offer due support. On December 6 of that year, he was sentenced to death for corruption.
The bullet was not fired and Sabbagh was captured by Kirchner’s followers and then handed over to the police.
The next day was declared a national holiday and Buenos Aires’ iconic Plaza de Mayo was packed with protesters condemning the attack.
The then-President Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) said it was the worst incident since the restoration of democracy in 1983.
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