Argentine Supreme Court upholds 6-year prison sentence for ex-President Fernndez
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s highest court upheld a six-year prison sentence for former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a ruling Tuesday that permanently banned her from public office over the corruption conviction that found she had directed state contracts to a friend while she was the first lady and president.
The explosive Supreme Court ruling left Fernández, Argentina’s charismatic yet deeply divisive ex-leader, subject to arrest and sent her supporters pouring into the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, and blocking major highways in protest.
The court asked Argentina’s security ministry to set up a detention center to hold 72-year-old Fernández. Her defense lawyer Carlos Beraldi told C5N, a television station in Buenos Aires, that he had requested Fernández be allowed to serve her sentence in house arrest given her age.
The ruling bars Fernández from running in this fall’s Buenos Aires legislative elections just days after she launched her campaign.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-de-kirchner-supreme-court-sentence-ef593f1f06cdc98ca084dad45d9e54e4
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