Attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: gender violence in the form of political violence

In a new hearing of the trial for the assassination attempt against Cristina Kirchnerthe owner of the Prosecutor’s Unit Specialized in Violence against Women (UFEM)laid the foundations for the expansion of the accusation against the three defendants.

Mariela Labozzetta argued that the action “was perpetrated by mediating gender violence in the form of political violence”. According to him, the objective of the attack was “to prevent the victim from continuing to develop her political life” and the incident occurred in a context of violence against a “female politician.” In a forceful statement, the prosecutor spoke of a social framework of violence against women in general and against the former president in particular in a “growing” manner.

For Labozzetta the situation against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner intensified in 2022 with various acts of harassment by opposition organizations that “were progressively enabling” the attacks and that this was “the scenario” on which the accused relied to attack the life of the former president. For the official there is no doubt: the objective was “the annihilation of her as a political subject.”

At last week’s hearing The Court has already agreed to include the aggravating circumstance, However, it remains to be decided whether it will apply to all defendants.

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This Wednesday, meanwhile, two friends of Gabriel Carrizothe head of the Los Copitos gang, who sought to separate him from the assassination attempt.

-Gabriel told me that he was going to finish the work that Fernando couldn’t do.

-What job?

-This of kill the vice president.

-Did Gabriel tell you that he was going to finish that job?

-Yeah.

-Did he tell you in writing?

-Yeah.

-And how do you know it was a joke?

-Because we always make jokes like this or even worse.

Daniel Agustín Gómez, a close friend and occasional partner of Gabriel Carrizo in the sale of sugar flakes, answered questions about his conversations with the head of The Copitos before and after the assassination attempt Cristina Kirchner. He exposed the xenophobia of the accused and those around him and tried to conceal the comments in favor of the leader’s death. “We like black humor,” he excused himself before the Court, laughing.

Despite having had a close bond with Carrizo, Gómez said they did not talk about politics. He said that they organized meetings and parties and that there he met Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte, with whom he denied having had a close relationship. For the witness, everything they talked about in the WhatsApp group they shared, called “Los Girozos” was a joke and the only objective was to go out and have fun, drink alcohol and have sex.

The lawyer of Cristina Fernández de KirchnerMarcos Aldazábal asked him how he found out about the attack.

He said that was when Carrizo wrote to him and told him that he had to tell him something important “as a gossip” and told him that “Nando wanted to kill Cristina.”

According to the witness, “I didn’t understand what they were talking to me about, which Cristina.” And he understood that it was the vice president when he got home and turned on the television.

-What was your reaction when you understood what Cristina was talking about?

-I said this guy sent it to him.

-The sent it to him means that for you what Carrizo said was plausible, that is, it had been like that.

-Of course… Nando had wanted to kill Cristina when I saw it on TV.

-In that situation, what did you do?

-Let’s start making jokes as always.

In the conversations between the two, Carrizo told Gómez that He was going to “finish the job,” in relation to the attempt to kill Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. However, for the witness, that was also a joke. “For example, Gabriel told me that he was going to finish the work and I told him well, come on, I’m your confidant and so on. “It was a joke,” he apologized.

In a hearing that dealt with Carrizo’s role, he also declared David Antonio Jesús Ricciardone. The two witnesses were part of the WhatsApp group in which the accused had shown a photo with ammunition. Ricciardone was consulted about this and said that he saw the image only after learning about the attack. As he explained, it happened because It was a very active chat where there were a lot of messages all the time and I didn’t always read everything.

At the same time, he admitted that Sabag Montiel said that he had a weapon that he asked him to teach him how to use. “I have 100 ammunition, an arsenal of bullets (Nando tells me) then he sends a photo and says we should practice shooting a little.” However, he said he did not believe him. “You could tell me that you have a cow in the closet and I won’t believe you either,” he declared.