"The court in Buenos Aires also sentenced the man's accomplice to eight years in prison, capping a dramatic case that has captivated the country since 2022, when the main defendant, Fernando Sabag Montiel, squeezed through a crowd outside the ex-president's home, thrust a loaded gun at her face and pulled the trigger. The gun did not go off. Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's vice-president at the time, was unharmed."
"Among Latin America's best-known politicians with three decades at the forefront of Argentinian politics and two terms as president from 2007 to 2015, Fernandez de Kirchner is a deeply polarising figure whose brand of leftwing populism brought Argentina infamy for its runaway inflation and enormous fiscal deficits. Convicted of corruption for allegedly steering public roadworks contracts to a friend's company, Fernandez de Kirchner, 72, was sentenced earlier this year to six years in prison."
A Buenos Aires court sentenced Fernando Sabag Montiel to 10 years in prison for attempting to assassinate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner; an accomplice received eight years. The attempt occurred in 2022 when Sabag Montiel squeezed through a crowd, pointed a loaded gun at her face and pulled the trigger, but the weapon did not fire and she was unharmed. The botched attack provoked street protests from supporters and scepticism and conspiracy theories from critics. Fernandez de Kirchner, a polarising former president and current vice-president, was previously convicted of corruption and sentenced to six years, allowed to serve under house arrest.
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