Argentine justice began this Wednesday, June 25, the auction of 26 assets belonging to the corrupt former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, after the 10-business-day deadline granted to those convicted to return the money stolen from the State in the Vialidad case expired.
This measure comes after the confirmation of the six-year prison sentence against the former president for the misappropriation of public works during her terms.
Federal Oral Court 2 had ordered in recent days the update of the amount to be returned, which could reach 500 million dollars. Once the report from the Supreme Court's Appraisal Experts Body was completed, which recalculated the forfeiture originally set at 84 billion pesos (185 million pounds) in 2022, the stage of enforcement through public auction has now begun. This is an unprecedented offensive against the personal and family assets of the convicted former president.
The assets to be auctioned
In this first phase, the call for auction of some of the most emblematic assets has already been published: properties in Puerto Madero (including the units and parking spaces of the Madero Center complex), apartments in Recoleta, cars, ranches in Santa Cruz, hotels in El Calafate, and properties registered under the name of Los Sauces S.A., the Kirchner family's real estate company also involved in another case for alleged money laundering.
