The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation confirmed on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, the conviction against former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, definitively closing her situation in the case known as Vialidad.
In a unanimous decision, the justices of the highest court dismissed the complaint filed by her defense, upholding the sentence imposed by the Federal Oral Court No. 2 and confirmed by the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation.
The ruling, more than 25 pages long, rejects one by one the arguments of the defense, including alleged violations of the right to defense, lack of impartiality, flaws in the evidence, and infringement of constitutional guarantees. The Court concluded that there was no violation of guarantees or arbitrariness in the previous decisions, and that the challenged sentence was "a reasoned derivation of the applicable law."
With this decision, the six-year prison sentence and perpetual disqualification from holding public office become final. Kirchner was found guilty of the crime of fraudulent administration to the detriment of the public administration for favoring, between 2003 and 2015, the companies of businessman Lázaro Báez with 51 road contracts in the province of Santa Cruz.
