Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina (2007–2015), has been involved in several major legal proceedings regarding corruption and financial misconduct. In the road infrastructure case, known as the Vialidad case, she was convicted in 2022 of fraudulent administration for steering public road contracts to a business associate, Lázaro Báez. The verdict, which included a six-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban from holding public office, was upheld by a federal appeals court in November 2024 and confirmed by the Supreme Court in June 2025. Regarding the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, she was indicted for obstructing the investigation into the 1994 AMIA bombing. In 2021, a federal court declared the case null and void, acquitting her and other defendants. However, in December 2024, the Supreme Court rejected appeals and confirmed she must stand trial for this case. She is also a defendant in the notebooks case, an ongoing corruption trial involving allegations of an illicit bribery ring during her administration. Additionally, the Supreme Court has ordered her to stand trial in the Hotesur and Los Sauces case, which investigates allegations of money laundering, illicit association, and graft involving hotel chains owned by her family. She has previously been acquitted in a case related to dollar futures trading and a branch of the notebooks case concerning the cartelization of public works. Fernández de Kirchner maintains that these legal challenges are politically motivated persecution.