Cristina Kirchner declares before the judge that she did not realize that they were pointing a gun at her

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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner did not realize it.

A gun grazed her face and her gun was triggered twice without the bullets coming out.

As incredible as it may seem, the Argentine vice president did not notice that there, less than a meter away, a person wanted to end her life.

From that confession that the former president made to the judge investigating the case, each Argentine was building his impression.

And first of all, the government, which tried to install an idea from the first minute: it

that, to understand it, must be related to the opposition and the media.

, Minister of the Interior, said

it after the demonstration on Friday in the Plaza de Mayo.

"

: there are three tons of editorials in newspapers, television and radio giving rise to violent speeches. They are the ones that sowed a climate of hatred and revenge, and today we reap this result: the attempt to assassination of Cristina Kirchner".

The phrase, quite stripped of the expected institutional prudence in such an important minister,

.

And if anyone dares to doubt, the cancellation threatens him.

He was succeeded by

, a deputy in the provincial legislature of La Rioja.

Nephew of the late President

, a Peronist today despised by his party, he is part of the libertarians led by

i, a man who is emerging for third place in the presidential elections next year and who did not say a word before the attack .

"Personally, I have a hard time believing Kirchnerism because they have failed to tell the truth on numerous occasions. However, I repudiate any act of violence anywhere and at any time," Menem, 47, wrote on Twitter.

"If justice were to prove that what happened was an attack,

."

The reaction of local Peronism, chronic ruler in the province, was to propose the expulsion of Menem from the legislature.

Theirs is, they allege, "hate speech."

Deputy Teresita Madera explained it very well:

And doubting is not allowed in this matter, doubting equals hating.

That supposed hatred is inevitably directed at Cristina Kirchner, whose figure gained even more substance and specific weight in Peronism, who in the midst of requesting 12 years in prison for the former president had begun to wonder how to slowly disassociate herself from her.

It can no longer be: if in 2010, when

died , empathy with the widow helped propel her to 54% in the 2011 presidential elections, this time, the woman who probably had death before her face and survived

.

But the majority of those who are outside of Peronism and voted for her in 2011 no longer look at her the way they did then.

A lot of them watch that video and can't believe the vice president didn't realize she had a gun in her face.

She is even seen smiling and they then believe that it is a staging.

Thus, the attack helped to galvanize those who do not want anything to do with Cristina and Peronism.

What happened is, for them, just a confirmation:

It is clear in a report released by the "Digital Reputation" agency, which monitored the conversation of the last few hours on social networks:

It is not what the justice says, which is investigating an aggravated attempted murder.

And in this investigation, three aspects take on special value: the obvious flaws in the security operation, knowing why the gun did not work, and determining whether Fernando Sabag Montiel is "a madman on the loose" or is part of something much more serious.

Cristina Kirchner, confirmed to EL MUNDO sources from the security operation that usually accompanies her,

.

They are divided into three daily shifts, which would suggest that the vice president is accompanied by thirty agents in each movement.

It was not what was seen on Thursday night.

According to local media, some of the agents assigned to the former president look after her daughter, Florencia, and sometimes her son Máximo, a national deputy.

Brazilian Fernando Sabag Montiel, 35, was not arrested by vice-presidential security agents, but by a councilor from La Matanza, a populous district that has always been governed by Peronism, who threw himself at him when he saw that he had a weapon.

"With another partner we advanced and were able to reduce it.

Then we removed it and took it about ten meters away from the people and handed it over to the police," Federico García explained to "Clarín".

Aníbal Fernández, current Minister of Security under Alberto Fernández, former Chief of Staff and former Minister of the Interior under Cristina Kirchner, is the center of criticism for the ineffectiveness of security.

The pistol, a 32-caliber Bersa, contained five bullets, but none of them were chambered.

In order for the weapon to fire, it must have a bullet in the chamber, which is placed manually, activating the upper slide.

Didn't Sabag Montiel know?

Did someone give you the gun?

In the middle of the investigation, and while the photos and information about the perpetrator of the attack multiplied, Sabag Montiel's friends entered the scene.

And the first impression is one of astonishment:

.

The perpetrator of the attack worked there.

Ámbar, Sabag Montiel's girlfriend for a month, lived with him.

," she said in an appearance on "Telefé Noticias."

"I was perplexed. I am very scared, they are blaming us for something we did not do. They say we are a terrorist group and we have nothing to do with it."

Nico, Ámbar's friend, is desperate: "We went out to sell cotton candy on the street and we didn't bother (bother) anyone. But they are threatening us with death."

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