Latin America

Man arrested after firing gun at Cristina Kirchner

A man tried to shoot Argentinian Vice President Cristina Kirchner at point blank range outside of her Buenos Aires apartment tonight, but the weapon did not fire.

Argentinian authorities named 35-year-old Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, a Brazilian citizen, as the aggressor. He is already in custody and his gun has been seized by the police, according to Security Minister Aníbal Fernández.

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Ignacio Portes

Ignacio Portes is The Brazilian Report's Latin America editor. Based in Buenos Aires, he has covered politics, macro, markets and diplomacy for the Financial Times, Al Jazeera, and the Buenos Aires Herald.

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