Argentine ex-president Cristina Kirchner is serving a six-year graft sentence under house arrest Luis ROBAYO

An Argentine court has ordered nearly $500 million in assets seized from ex-president Cristina Kirchner and other beneficiaries of a corruption scheme for which she is serving a six-year sentence.

In a ruling seen by AFP on Wednesday, a federal court ordered the forfeiture of more than 100 assets, in

Kirchner, a dominant and polarizing figure in Argentine politics for over two decades, was first lady from 2003-2007, when her late husband Nestor Kirchner was president.

She succeeded him for two terms until 2015 and later served as vice president to Alberto Fernandez from 2019 until 2023, when Javier Milei took office.

In June, Argentina's Supreme Court upheld her corruption co

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