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Ex-Argentina President Seeks House Arrest Following Corruption Conviction
- Argentina's Supreme Court upheld former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's six-year prison sentence and banned her from holding public office on Tuesday.
- This ruling concludes a long legal process over alleged fraudulent awarding of 51 public works contracts to companies linked to Lázaro Báez during her presidency.
- Kirchner and eight other convicts must report to federal court within five business days to begin serving sentences and face possible arrest if absent.
- Her lawyer cited her age of 72 to ask for her to be placed under house arrest, a measure allowed for individuals over 70, while also preparing to pursue appeals through international legal channels.
- The decision bars Kirchner from the September 7 Buenos Aires provincial elections, marking a setback for the Peronist party amid shifting political dynamics.
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Argentina's Kirchner asks court to avoid jail time, citing assassination risk
BUENOS AIRES - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's leading opposition leader and a two-time former president, has petitioned a lower court to allow her to serve a sentence for corruption under house arrest, citing how several years ago she narrowly survived an assassination attempt. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Argentina's former president Cristina Kirchner will appear in court next Wednesday to begin serving the six-year prison sentence she was convicted of corruption, said Friday the leftist leader. Kirchner, president of the Justice Party and main opponent of Javier Milei's government, has asked to serve the sentence in home prison for being over 70 years.The country's Supreme Court confirmed last Tuesday a 2022 conviction for corruption for the pay…
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Argentina's Kirchner says will hand herself in next week
Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner said Friday she will surrender to authorities next week to begin serving a six-year prison sentence for corruption, which she has asked to serve under house arrest.
The former president treated the judges of the highest court as a "puppet triumvirate" who confirmed their conviction in the Road case.
Ex-Argentina president seeks house arrest following corruption conviction
Argentina's former president Cristina Kirchner has requested to serve her six-year corruption sentence under house arrest, her lawyer confirmed, following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold her conviction and ban from public office.
The former Argentine president asked the Justice to serve the sentence of six years in prison at her home in Buenos Aires.
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