indicted former president Argentina

The former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, is being prosecuted for serious crimes around corruption and other abuse of public office.

Argentine media reported Tuesday that the 63-year-old Fernández de Kirchner must answer along with eleven others to court for ' an illegal conspiracy that fraudulently administration proposed objective. ' The criminal investigation focuses on possible illegal grant by its government procurement to certain operators.

Fernández de Kirchner in 2007 succeeded her husband, Néstor Kirchner (1950-2010) as president of the country and ruled until the end of 2015. Both have been leaders of the radical wing of the leftist-nationalist Peronist movement.