The first-instance court sentenced Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Kirchner to six years in prison for a corruption case and was also barred from public office for life. It has been reported DEA News pursuant to the decision.
“To sentence Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in prison for fraud,” the judges said.
Prosecutor’s Office she asked Sentenced the Vice President to 12 years in prison. Prosecutor Diego Luciani described the case as the “biggest corruption maneuver” in the country’s history. He also sought life sentences for all defendants for performing public office and forfeiting $1,000 million.
The Argentine government denounced the prosecutor’s request for a prison sentence for Kirchner, saying that “none of the acts attributed to Kirchner have been proven and all charges brought against him relate only to functions he performed while he was president.”
Kirchner was President of Argentina from December 2007 to December 2015, succeeding his wife, Nestor Kirchner, in this post.