Overview
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner asked the Federal Court of Cassation to remove her electronic ankle monitor, allow visits without prior judicial authorization, and expand access to her building’s terrace.
- Her lawyer argues she has never left her residence, has always worn the device, and faces unprecedented limits that violate equal treatment under the law.
- Prosecutor Mario Villar urged the court to keep the current regime, citing a meeting with nine economists as a breach of conduct and calling the omission to report it a defiance of the court’s good-faith expectations.
- The three-judge panel has not ruled, with Mariano Borinsky favoring some relaxation and Diego Barroetaveña and Gustavo Hornos inclined to sustain the restrictions.
- Kirchner is serving a six-year sentence at her San José 1111 home, where rules were tightened in November and December to cap visits at two per week for up to two hours with no more than three people, and to limit daily terrace use.