BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Supporters of former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have been gathering outside her Buenos Aires apartment and in the Plaza de Mayo for the past week after the nation’s highest court upheld her sentence in a corruption case. Fernández was found guilty of illegally directing state contracts to a friend while she was first lady and president, and the ruling bars her from running in this fall’s legislative election.
A federal court has granted Fernandez’s request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at home, where she lives with her daughter and her granddaughter. The ruling cited her age and security reasons, after the 72-year-old survived an attempted assassination three years ago.
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Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez waves to supporters from her home’s balcony the day after Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez gather at the Plaza de Mayo to protest in her defense after she began serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest for corruption in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez hold flares as they protest in her defense after she began serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest for corruption in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez gather outside her home one week after the nation’s Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A supporter of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez holds signs that read in Spanish “The people are with Cristina,” right, and “Corrupt court” outside her home after the nation’s Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A girl holds a doll of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez amid supporters gathered outside her home two days after Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Police walk past supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez who protest in her defense after she began serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest for corruption in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
An image of former President Cristina Fernandez is displayed on the rear windshield of a car parked near her residence two days after Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
The forehead of a supporter of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez reads in Spanish: “Milei out,” referring to current President Javier Milei, during a march in support of Fernandez, who has begun serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest for corruption, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A protestor places posters on a fence against Supreme Court justices in front of the Justice Palace two days after the they upheld former President Cristina Fernandez corruption conviction, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez gather outside her home two days after the nation’s Supreme Court upheld Fernandez’s corruption conviction in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Supporters of former President Cristina Fernandez gather in front of the Palace of Justice during a protest two days after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez reacts in Plaza de Mayo where they listen to an audio message from her during a protest in Fernandez’s defense after she began serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest for corruption in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Supporters of former President Cristina Fernandez gather outside her residence after Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld a six-year prison sentence over her corruption conviction, in Buenos Aires, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A supporter of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez uses a boom to paste a photo of her on the wall outside her home after the nation’s Supreme Court upheld Fernandez’s corruption conviction in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Supporters of former President Cristina Fernandez gather outside her home after a federal court granted her request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Pictures of former President Cristina Fernandez are displayed for sale on a street near her home, after a federal court granted her request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A light in the window is seen in the home of of former President Cristina Fernandez after a federal court granted her request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
