in the last hours Cristina Kirchner He asked the court that the recusal hearing against Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti be broadcast live, a decision that must be resolved by the Federal Chamber of Comodoro Py.
Capuchetti, who is leading the case for the attack on the vice presidenthas been rejected by Cristina Kirchner twice. The first time was in November of last year for alleged “fear of partiality” and “negligent” actions.
On that occasion, Judge Leopoldo Bruglia rejected the request for Cristina Kirchner and ratified the magistrate in the investigation. The second request for recusal occurred on January 9.
The former president’s lawyers, José Manuel Ubeira and Marcos Aldazábal, expressed doubts about the judge’s impartiality after it became known that she works as an investigator at the Higher Institute of Public Security (ISSP), directly linked to the Ministry of Security of the city.
“Last night a challenge was filed against Judge Capuchetti for her dependency on the Ministry of Security of the City, the same one that surrounded my house with fences and did intelligence at my home before and after the attack,” he wrote. Kirchner on his Twitter account.
Although Capuchetti rejected the request for the recusal of the president on the grounds that there are no grounds to remove her from the investigation, the vice president’s defense appealed this decision.
Now, Judge Bruglia, the same one who rejected the first request, must decide whether or not Capuchetti is removed from the case. Therefore, the vice president requested that the hearing be broadcast live so that the audience knows the arguments that will be presented to make the decision.
Gabriel Nicolás Carrizo testified again in the case
While it is defined whether Capuchetti is removed from the investigation for the attack on the vice presidentGabriel Nicolás Carrizo, one of the captured and accused, expanded his statement on Tuesday, after finding messages on his cell phone that commit him to the attack.
during his statement Carrizo assured that the chats found on her cell phone and where she affirms that they wanted to end the life of the former president were “part of her black humor.”.
The leader of the “los copitos” gang is being prosecuted with preventive detention for the crime of attempted homicide aggravated by the premeditated participation of two or more people and for having committed it with a firearm, as a secondary participant.
