Argentine authorities carry out raids at Fernandez's homes

Associated Press, Almudena Calatrava
Updated 1:27 pm CDT, Thursday, August 23, 2018



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A man with a sign that reads "Macri Stop" protests against a police search at the home of Senator and Former President Cristina Fernandez, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Argentine Senators authorized a judge's request to carry out search warrants on properties owned by the former President as part of a case investigating widespread corruption.


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities carried out raids at homes owned by former President Cristina Fernandez on Thursday as part of a case investigating widespread corruption.

Fernandez, who is now a senator, has been accused of orchestrating a bribe scheme in the granting of public works contracts that has ensnared many of Argentina's former officials and business elite.

She was among the 67 senators who approved the raids on three of her own properties late Wednesday following a request by a federal judge.

But it was unclear what investigators hoped to find as they searched in an apartment located in the Argentine capital with the assistance of a K-9 unit.

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