Mexico denounces attack on Argentina VP, hails her ‘miraculous’ escape

MEXICO CITY --- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday condemned an attempted shooting on Thursday of Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, saying she had had a "miraculous" escape. The incident, which Argentina's economy minister called an assassination attempt, occurred Thursday evening near Fernandez de Kirchner's home, in which a man in a crowd fired a loaded pistol inches from her head but it failed to go off. "It was deplorable, reprehensible, but at the same time, I'd say, miraculous, because she's fine," Lopez Obrador said at the start of his regular morning news conference. Lopez Obrador, an ally of Argentine President Alberto F...

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