Judges confirm charges against RevoluciĆ³n Federal in CFK assassination attempt case

Four members of far-right group charged with incitement to violence, but not with criminal association

Judges have confirmed charges of incitement to collective violence against four members of far-right group RevoluciĆ³n Federal (Federal Revolution) in a case investigating the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina FernĆ”ndez de Kirchner on September 1, 2022. 

However, the ruling rejects CFK’s lawyers’ request to charge group members Jonathan Morel, GastĆ³n Guerra, Leonardo Sosa and Sabrina Basile with criminal association on the grounds that the hate speech and events organized by the group were not directly related to the attempt to kill Cristina FernĆ”ndez de Kirchner. 

Judges Leopoldo Bruglia, Mariano Llorens, Pablo Bertuzzi and MarĆ­a Victoria Talarico wrote in their ruling: ā€œTheir virtual meetings [Twitter Spaces], overflowing with resentment towards the government, and the marches, where they used torches and a guillotine, lack an entity to affirm that the aim of the group was to use strength to create fear and, thus, impose their ideas or attack othersā€™ ideas.ā€ 

On 1 September, Fernando AndrĆ©s Sabag Montiel, 35, attempted to shoot FernĆ”ndez de Kirchner at point blank range outside her Recoleta home. The investigation seeks to determine the intellectual authors of the deed but has been plagued by allegations that its handling is politicized.Ā 
Four members of RevoluciĆ³n Federal, to which Sabag Montiel had ties, were detained on October 20, but then released in November because the courts deemed there was no risk they would attempt to flee or interfere with the case.

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