{"id":368154,"date":"2017-11-04T07:22:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T07:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368154"},"modified":"2017-11-04T07:22:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T07:22:16","slug":"argentinas-former-vice-president-arrested-for-alleged-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/argentinas-former-vice-president-arrested-for-alleged-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina’s former Vice-President arrested for alleged corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Argentine police have arrested a second high-level official in the administration of former President Cristina Fernandez on suspicion of corruption.<\/p>\n
Amado Boudou was her economy minister and vice-president and faces three charges of “illicit enrichment” dating back to 2009.<\/p>\n
Last month Mrs Fernandez’s former planning minister was arrested.<\/p>\n
Amado Boudou has denied any wrong-doing.<\/p>\n
The three charges against him refer to 2009, the year when he was promoted from heading Argentina’s social security administration to become Mrs Fernandez’s economy minister.<\/p>\n
He became vice-president in 2011, when she was re-elected.
\nMr’s Fernandez’s former Planning Minister Julio de Vido was arrested on25 October, three days before mid-term elections.<\/p>\n
Mrs Fernandez herself is also facing corruption charges but has immunity from prosecution since being elected as a senator in the October polls.<\/p>\n
She was indicted last year on charges that she and her public works secretary, Jose Lopez, embezzled money meant for road projects.<\/p>\n
Mr Lopez was arrested last year after he was caught trying to hide bags of cash in a Catholic convent.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Argentine police have arrested a second high-level official in the administration of former President Cristina Fernandez on suspicion of corruption. Amado Boudou was her economy minister and vice-president and faces three charges of “illicit enrichment” dating back to 2009. Last month Mrs Fernandez’s former planning minister was arrested. Amado Boudou has denied any wrong-doing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[2052,2053,519],"yoast_head":"\n