Argentina: Cristina Kirchner begins her house arrest with electronic ankle bracelet

Former Argentine president and former vice president Cristina Kirchner, sentenced to six years in prison for corruption, was notified Tuesday that she will be able to serve her sentence under house arrest, but will have to wear an electronic ankle monitor.

Kirchner, who decided to serve the sentence in her daughter's apartment in the neighborhood of Constitución, in the city of Buenos Aires, must also comply with three conditions in order to continue enjoying the benefit of house arrest, according to a resolution of the Oral Federal Criminal Court No. 2, Argentine newspaper Clarín reported.

The first condition states that Kirchner must remain in the domicile chosen to serve the sentence and may not leave the apartment except "in exceptional situations of force majeure," which she must justify.

"Outside these assumptions, she must request and obtain prior authorization from the court, without exception," adds the Court.

The second rule of conduct is related to the difficulties for neighbors in the area caused by Cristina Kirchner's supporters who have been gathering in the vicinity of the building, located at 1111 San José Street in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Constitución, since the ratification of the conviction by the Supreme Court ruling.

"She shall refrain from adopting behaviors that may disturb the tranquility of the neighborhood and/or alter the peaceful coexistence of its inhabitants," the Court indicated.

The last point is related to the visits that the convicted person will be able to receive in the domicile, so the Court gave her 48 hours to be able to submit a list of the people who will be able to access the apartment. The list must be composed of family members, members of the police custody, doctors and lawyers.

Demonstrations in favor of Cristina Kirchner

The Partido Justicialista (Peronism), to which Cristina Kirchner belongs called for a march this Wednesday to demand the freedom of the former Argentine leader convicted of corruption. The epicenter of the demonstration is the Plaza de Mayo in the city of Buenos Aires, where thousands of people were gathering.

The Left Front, an alliance of leftist parties, also mobilized to reject the ruling against Cristina Kirchner, although they were rallying at the Obelisk - an iconic monument of the city of Buenos Aires - before heading to the Plaza de Mayo, Argentine newspaper La Nacion reported.

José Mayans, vice-president of the PJ and one of the organizers of the march, stated that an estimated total of 300,000 people will attend the event.

However, everything seems to indicate that it was not essentially a spontaneous popular demonstration, but rather a demonstration of Peronist and leftist political parties and movements, as well as of trade union organizations related to Peronism, which transported the people in buses.

Cristina Kirchner's message to her supporters

In a message heard through loudspeakers placed in Plaza de Mayo, Cristina Kirchner victimized herself once again denouncing a political persecution against her.

"What I most liked to hear was that we are coming back," Kirchner said from the apartment where she is serving house arrest.

Kirchner also took aim at President Javier Milei, "This model that Milei now embodies is falling, not only because it is unfair, but also because it is unsustainable in economic terms, it has an expiration date and it is not new," she said.

"The real economic power knows that this model has no future and that is why I am in prison. But everyone should learn something: they can lock me up, but they will not be able to lock up all the Argentine people. The ones who are scared are not us, it is them," she added.