Argentine TV station damaged in protest over Kirchner's prison sentence
STORY: :: Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's supporters damage TV stations over her prison sentence
:: Buenos Aires, Argentina
:: June 10, 2025
Demonstrators also gathered near the president's home to protest a top-court ruling upholding a six-year prison sentence for Kirchner and effectively banning her from office.
Kirchner, 72, a polarizing opposition figure and leftist president from 2007 to 2015, was convicted by a trial court in 2022 for a fraud scheme that steered public road work projects in the Patagonia to a close ally while she was president.
The Supreme Court's three judges rejected Kirchner's appeal and left in effect an appellate court decision that had upheld the guilty verdict. A lower court will decide whether to grant Kirchner house arrest due to her age.
Supporters breached the channel's offices security, causing damage inside and outside the building. At least ten cars were damaged and bicycles stolen, Argentine media reported.
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