Buenos Aires.- The Argentine vice president, Cristina Fernandezwithdrew this Friday from the home in front of which he suffered an attack without making a statement but dedicating a few moments to greet his followers.
This is the first image of the Argentine vice president after the attack she suffered on Thursday night, when a man pointed a gun at Fernández’s face, amid the permanent vigil of Kirchnerist supporters who, since August 22, It was installed next to the home of the former president (2007-2015).
Cristina Fernández left in comfortable clothes and excitedly greeted her followers before getting into a black vehicle with her guards.
The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, who condemned the serious incident and decreed this Friday as a non-working day, had visited the vice president earlier for about 50 minutes in her apartment, in the capital’s Recoleta neighborhood.
The attack on Cristina Fernández occurred in a context of strong political tension between the ruling party and the opposition, which has grown since on Monday of last week a prosecutor requested a 12-year prison sentence for the vice president in the framework of the trial hearing to which she is subjected for alleged irregularities in the concession of public works during her Government.
The detainee for attacking the vice president is a 35-year-old man of Brazilian nationality who does not have a criminal record in his country of origin, while the weapon seized from the suspect is an automatic 32-caliber Bersa, which, at its base, has a number partial 250, suitable for shooting, according to the Ministry of Security
