News of sentence

Ex-VP Boudou, jailed for corruption offences, granted house arrest

07-04-2020 18:44 Court granted house arrest to Boudou, who was vice-president during the second presidential term of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2011 to 2015.

JAILED SOCIAL LEADER

UCR's Cornejo slams 'irresponsible' Fernández over Milagro Sala comments

08-11-2019 17:24 President-elect accused of "anti-republican behaviour" after saying jailed Túpac Amaru leader "does not deserve to be detained." Sala, meanwhile, says she wants to run for governorship of Jujuy Province.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Jailed ex-VP Amado Boudou gets more than two months shaved off sentence

30-10-2019 14:05 In majority ruling, judges agree time served under pre-trial arrest in a related case should be counted towards near- six-year sentence handed down in Ciccone Calcographic case.

CÓRDOBA JURY TRIAL

Woman in Córdoba gets 13 years in jail for cutting off lover's penis

26-09-2019 09:57 Brenda Barattini, the woman who used a pair of pruning shears to cut off her lover's genitals, sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted aggravated homicide.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Boudou acquitted and convicted in unified trial over car purchases

29-08-2019 17:15 Former vice-president handed three-year suspended sentence for supplying false data for purchase of car, but is cleared of irregularities in the buying of 19 high-end vehicles dating back to when he led Economy Ministry.