Overview

• The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision closes the final domestic legal avenue after convictions in 2022 and 2024 for fraud against the public administration.
• Charges center on allegedly fraudulent awards of road construction contracts in Santa Cruz during Kirchner’s 2007–2015 presidency.
• Kirchner’s lawyers have formally sought house arrest, arguing her age and status as a former president warrant residential detention.
• Her legal team will file appeals with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the International Criminal Court to contest what they describe as politicized charges.
• Supporters staged protests outside Justicialist Party headquarters while President Javier Milei hailed the ruling as “Justice. End.”