Buenos Aires
If the verdict had been anticipated by Cristina Kirchner, it is nonetheless historic.
Never has an Argentine vice-president in office been sentenced by a court.
The former left-wing head of state (2007-2015) was found guilty
of “fraudulent administration to the detriment of the state”
in the Vialidad case, relating to the award of public contracts in his political stronghold of the Santa Cruz province while she was president.
As such, she was sentenced to six years in prison and life ineligibility.
At the end of August, the prosecution had requested twelve years in prison against the Peronist leader, accusing her of having been at the head of
"the biggest corruption operation in the history of the country"
, with estimated losses for the State. to nearly 40 million euros.
On Tuesday, the judges considered that she had benefited from an
“extraordinary fraudulent maneuver”
involving eight of the twelve co-defendants in this trial, including a former minister and an entrepreneur…
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