Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, already serving a six-year sentence for fraud under house arrest, went on trial on Thursday in what prosecutors describe as the largest corruption case in Argentina’s history.
A dominant and polarising figure in national politics for over two decades, Fernández de Kirchner led Argentina between 2007 and 2015. She now stands accused of heading an illicit association and co-authoring acts of passive bribery, allegedly involving hundreds of payments from businesspeople seeking public works contracts during her administration.
The proceedings are being heard by Federal Oral Court No. 7 (TOF 7), presided over by Judge Enrique Méndez Signori, alongside Judges Germán Castelli and Fernando Canero also on the bench. Hearings are taking place remotely, reportedly due to the lack of a big enough courtroom, and are being streamed on the Judiciary’s YouTube channel.
A total of 87 defendants are in the dock, mos
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