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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, vice president of Argentina, was sentenced to 6 years in prison for the "Roads" case.
Fernández de Kirchner was found guilty of fraudulent administration and damage to the public administration during a period that spans his two presidencies (2007-2011 and 2011-2015), through the extraction of State funds for his personal benefit or that of a third party. .
The court sentenced her to 6 years in prison.
The Prosecutor's Office accused the vice president of having led an illegal association to direct, together with other officials, million-dollar road works contracts that, according to the complaint, were incomplete, overpriced and even unnecessary.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner denied the charges during the trial and denounced that it is a political persecution.
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Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
