Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner greets supporters as she leaves her residence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 23.

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Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner greets supporters as she leaves her residence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 23.

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Argentina’s vice chairman, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was discovered responsible of corruption in federal court docket Tuesday in a case relationship again to when she was president.

A 3 choose panel sentenced Kirchner to 6 years in jail and a lifetime ban from holding political workplace.

Prosecutors say she labored with others to skim practically $1 billion from faux contracts and bogus building of 51 public works initiatives when she was president.

Kirchner served as Argentina’s president between 2007 and 2015 and masterminded a political comeback in 2019, running for vice president with Alberto Fernández.

Kirchner denies any wrongdoing and spoke proper after the decision, saying she is the goal of the judges, whom she referred to as a mafia operating a parallel occasion bent on retaining her out of workplace.

Kirchner is not going to be jailed whereas interesting the decision, which might take years.

She is a polarizing determine in Argentina, seen by her loyal base as a champion of the poor. Others blame her for the nation’s continuous financial issues together with inflation, which is predicted to hit 100% by 12 months’s finish.