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Judi Lynn

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Sun Sep 4, 2022, 03:25 AM Sep 2022

Bolsonaro regrets attack against CFK despite personal differences

Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:20 UTC

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said he regretted Thursday's assassination attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) despite his personal disliking of her.

“I already sent a little note. I am sorry. Now, when I got stabbed, there were people who vibrated around. I am sorry, there are already people who want to put this problem on my account. And the aggressor there, thank goodness he didn't know how to handle a gun. If he did, he would have succeeded,” Bolsonaro said about the Brazilian perpetrator who has been arrested in Buenos Aires

The assailant has been identified as Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, a 35-year-old Brazilian resident of Buenos Aires, who was born in São Paulo to an Argentine mother and a Chilean father. The latter has reportedly been expelled from Brazil in 2021.

“Although I do not feel any sympathy for her, I do not wish her that,” Bolsonaro added. He also pointed out he wished a thorough investigation is carried out to determine whether Montiel acted alone or “perhaps, [someone] would have hired him.” Foreign Minister Carlos Alberto Franca said the information on Sabag Montiel was “contradictory.” He also said he had instructed Brazil's Embassy in Buenos Aires to follow the case closely.

More:
https://en.mercopress.com/2022/09/03/bolsonaro-regrets-attack-against-cfk-despite-personal-differences

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