The two-term former president was convicted of fraud and sentence to six years. As vice president, she's immune from prison until her appeals are exhausted.
, perhaps the nation’s most influential politician of the past two decades, guilty of fraud during her tenure as president for directing millions of dollars in taxpayer money to a family friend. The court did not consider the prosecutors’ request that Kirchnerthat engineered bribes and overpricing tied to roadwork projects in Patagonia.
Kircher has denied wrongdoing and is expected to appeal. She has called the court a “firing squad” engaged in political persecution that’s aimed at keeping her from running for a third term as president next year. As vice president and a senator, she enjoys immunity from incarceration and the ban from running for public office until her appeals are exhausted, which will likely take years.
During her tenure and that of her late husband and predecessor, Néstor Kirchner, companies owned by Báez were awarded government dozens of contracts to build road infrastructure in Santa Cruz province. The vast, sparsely populated province in southern Argentina was the Kirchners’ home province and the base from which they launched their political dynasty in the 1980s.Prosecutor Diego Luciani called the case “one of the most extraordinary corruption schemes” in Argentine history.
“Lázaro Báez, a friend of the then-President and a business partner, became a construction businessman overnight,” Luciani saidBáez, too, was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to six years, as was former public works secretary José López.
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