Federal Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti ordered security forces to up their precautions around Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), who received a threatening phone call late Monday.
Argentine investigators suspect the Brazilian suspect who perpetrated the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last Thursday did not act alone. His girlfriend has also been arrested.
Argentina's Security Minister Aníbal Fernández Monday argued that the Federal Police did not tamper with the mobile phone belonging to the Brazilian national arrested in connection with the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Argentine Federal Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti, who is in charge of the case of attempted murder Thursday evening against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), Sunday imposed the seal of secrecy on the entire dossier after it was leaked to the press that the assailant's cell phone had been reset to default values.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said he regretted Thursday's assassination attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) despite his personal disliking of her.
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou expressed his solidarity Friday morning with Argentine Vice President with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) following the failed assassination attempt against her late on Thursday.
Thousands of Argentines gathered Friday at Buenos Aires' iconic Plaza de Mayo to express their support for Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and condemn any act of violence as a means to solve political differences. Similar demonstrations were held nationwide at each city's main square.
A suspect who has been identified as the 35-year-old Brazilian national Fernando André Sabag Montiel has been arrested after pointing a gun at Cristina Kirchner's head.
Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa was among the first to condemn through his Twitter account the attack against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK):
Argentina is in a state of shock after the assassination attempt on Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. So much so, that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) decided to call off all matches scheduled for Friday.