The United States has prohibited the country with the former president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and one of his ministers, July of Vidoto benefit from several corruption plots. Argentina, sentenced to six years in jail and perpetual disqualification in its country, is prohibited from now on its entry into the United States, as the statement released by the Secretary of State, says the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
“Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Vido abused their positions to orchestrate and economically benefit from multiple bribery plots related to public works contracts, which resulted in the theft of millions of dollars to the Argentine government,” said the statement released by US authorities.
The sanctions imposed, emphasizes the text disseminated by the US, “reaffirm” Washington’s commitment to “combat global corruption, including in the highest spheres of the government.” “The United States will continue to promote the accountability of those who abuse public power for their own benefit,” he added.
An Argentine court condemned the former president in December 2022 to six years in prison and perpetual disqualification to exercise public office for a crime related to corruption in the framework of the known as ‘road cause’.
Fernández was accused of participating in a plot to defraud the State through the granting of public works in the province of Santa Cruz during his management as president (2007-2015) and that of the former president and his late husband, Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007).
For its part, the former head of Planning was accused of embezzling public money that between 2005 and 2015 was allocated to Carboniferous deposits Río Turbio (YCRT) for the modernization of the Río Turbio mining complex, in the province of Santa Cruz.
De Vido, who was also the head of Economics during the mandate of Néstor Kirchner, was sentenced in October 2018 to five years and eight months in prison for a crime of fraudulent administration in the framework of the Railway Tragedy of Once, in which 51 people died and 789 were injured.
