Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was hospitalized and underwent surgery after experiencing abdominal pain this Saturday (12/21). Kirchner has been under house arrest since June, after being convicted of corruption.
According to the Argentine newspaper La Nación, the former president was in her apartment in the Constitución district of Buenos Aires when she fell ill. She was transferred to Sanatorium Otamendi, a hospital located in Recoleta, where she underwent examinations and was diagnosed with appendicitis with localized peritonitis.
Kirchner underwent laparoscopic surgery and is “progressing without postoperative complications,” according to a medical report.
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Conviction
The former Argentine president was found guilty of rigging public works tenders in the province of Santa Cruz, her family’s political stronghold. Due to her age, 72, the court sentenced her to home confinement.
Sentenced to six years in prison for corruption, Cristina exhausted her legal appeals after Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld the sentence. However, she insists that she is a victim of persecution by the justice system.
The Argentine court also introduced the use of electronic ankle bracelets to guarantee “effective control of the execution of the sentence”.
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