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Argentina’s Former President Kirchner Granted House Arrest for Corruption Sentence

The ruling allows her to serve her six-year term at home under electronic monitoring by applying Argentina’s age-based house arrest rule.

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Die frühere argentinische Präsidentin Cristina Kirchner darf ihre sechsjährige Haftstrafe wegen Korruption im Hausarrest absitzen. Ein Bundesgericht entschied am Dienstag, dass die 72-jährige Linkspolitikerin nicht ins Gefängnis muss.

Overview

  • An Argentine federal court granted Kirchner house arrest on June 17, 2025, to serve her six-year corruption sentence at her home.
  • She will remain under electronic monitoring at her Buenos Aires residence and retain lifelong police protection as a former president.
  • The ruling follows last week’s Supreme Court decision that upheld her December 2022 conviction and imposed a lifetime ban from public office.
  • Kirchner was convicted of embezzling about $1 billion through inflated public contracts awarded to a businessman during her 2007-2015 presidency.
  • Prosecutors had argued against house arrest, stating there were no medical or personal reasons to support her request.