US EditionArgentine court allows ex-President Fernández to serve corruption sentence at home
- On June 17, 2025, former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner started her six-year sentence for fraud while under house arrest in Buenos Aires.
- Her conviction stems from 2022 charges of fraud involving public works contracts awarded between 2003 and 2015, upheld last week by the Supreme Court.
- A federal judge permitted Kirchner to begin her sentence under house arrest, requiring her to wear an electronic anklet and adhere to restrictions aimed at preserving neighborhood tranquility.
- Hundreds of supporters have maintained a near-constant vigil outside her apartment, while her lawyer Gregorio Dalbon declared on X, "THE LAW PREVAILED. THE PEOPLE PREVAILED."
- This decision ends Kirchner's legal appeals and intensifies political divisions in Argentina, where she remains a polarizing figure with a lasting impact on the Peronist movement.
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Buenos Aires. The justice system decided that the two-time president (2007-2015) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, will serve a residential prison sentence of 6 years of imprisonment, in the department where she lives with her daughter Florence, at the request of the lawyers who defend her from the illegality and serious irregularities that are noticed in the “cause of road traffic”, related to a public work in the southern province of Santa Cruz,…
Ex-Argentine President Handed House Arrest
“An Argentine judge on Tuesday put former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner under house arrest to serve out a six-year sentence for corruption in a case that has effectively brought down the country’s most prominent politician in recent decades,” Reuters reports.
Argentina's ex-president Cristina Kirchner has to be detained for six years because of corruption. However, as a court ruled, the 72-year-old is allowed to serve the sentence at home.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner must serve a six-year sentence for corruption. A court has now granted the former Argentinean head of state house arrest with electronic surveillance.
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Argentine ex-president Kirchner begins six-year term under house arrest
Argentina's ex-president Cristina Kirchner began serving a six-year fraud sentence under house arrest on Tuesday, after a judge granted her request to avoid prison in a case that dramatically ended her two-decade career.
Homebound Justice: Cristina Kirchner's Sentence Takes a Controversial Turn
Homebound Justice: Cristina Kirchner's Sentence Takes a Controversial Turn In a decisive ruling, an Argentine judge permitted former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to carry out her six-year prison sentence for corruption at her Buenos Aires residence. Kirchner, aged 72, was convicted for fraudulent activities linked to road projects that favored political allies.The judicial decision sparked a wave of political discourse, with supporte…
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