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Supporters of Venezuelan Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gather outside the courthouse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Kirchner, a political titan in Argentina, was found guilty on Tuesday and sentenced to six years in prison and banned from holding public office.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion through public works projects during her presidency.
A three-judge panel found the Peronist leader guilty of fraud, but rejected a charge of running a criminal organization, for which the sentence could have been 12 years in prison. It was the first time an Argentine vice president has been convicted of a crime while in office.
Fernández lashed out at the verdict, describing herself as the victim of a "judicial mafia." But she also later announced that she would not run next year for the presidency, a post she previously held in 2007-2015.
https://www.startribune.com/argentinas-vp-fernandez-guilty-in-1b-fraud-gets-6-years/600233439/
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