The national government relieved part of the custody of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after last Thursday’s assassination attempt in front of his home on Juncal and Uruguay, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta, official sources reported.
The measure was arranged because the Federal Police officers who were relieved “did not have the level that one might expect and it is time to make that decision.”a government official at Casa Rosada told Télam.
In the Executive, in ways, They explained that “the number of members of the custody assigned to the protection of the vice president was not increased” but there were “some changes and incorporations of personnel”.
With these variants, the aim is to strengthen the security protocol, whose operation “does not have to change” but rather “guarantees that it is being complied with,” they detailed.
And on that point they said that The Ministry of Security is working “with each of the guards”.
As for what happened on Thursday in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta, the official maintained that the operation “did not fail” because “there is always a chain” of protection around the head of the Senate and that “was respected” during the situation. emergency, with the four guards “who were around her”, plus others in civilian clothes.
Nevertheless, that night “someone put his hand” in the crowd, in reference to attacker Fernando Sabag Montieladded the official.
One of those questioned was the Minister of Security, Hannibal Fernandezwho made his resignation available, although that possibility was rejected by President Alberto Fernández.
Even the minister himself communicated with the vice president by text messages, on Thursday, after the attack, and did so again on Fridaythe day of the massive concentration in his support in Plaza de Mayo and the surrounding areas of downtown Buenos Aires.
Faced with an assassination attempt of this nature, some officials considered that the attacker “is not a lone wolf” but that “there are people behind it”, and also stated that the information deleted from Sabag Montiel’s cell phone “can be recovered”.
And they reiterated that “the chain of custody” was fulfilled because the device was delivered to the Court with a sealed envelope and “in a Faraday bag”, alluding to a type of metal container with a null electromagnetic field that is used in these situations.
As for the safety of the rest of the members of the Cabinet, the Government said that it remains the same, although the members of the ministerial cast received instructions to “be careful” and “submit to the protocols.”
“Everyone must be careful because when these things happen, it seems that there are contagion effects later,” they said at the Casa Rosada.
