Fiscal Diego Luciani asked a federal court to seize the apartment of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Buenos Aires.
The request targets the property located at San José 1111 [1], where the former president is currently serving a sentence of house arrest. This legal move represents an escalation in the effort to recover public funds lost through systemic corruption.
Luciani filed the request with the Federal Oral Tribunal No. 2 as part of the Causa Vialidad corruption case. The prosecutor is seeking to add the residence to the list of assets to be seized to offset an estimated state loss of approximately $685 billion [2].
The Causa Vialidad case involves allegations of large-scale irregularities in public works contracts. The prosecution argues that the seizure is necessary because the defendants have not made financial reparations to the state.
"No han depositado ni un solo peso," Luciani said [3], referring to the lack of payments made by the accused toward the recovered funds.
The apartment is located in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) [1]. The court must now decide if the property can be legally seized while the former president continues to reside there under judicial supervision. This decision will determine whether the state can prioritize financial recovery over the current conditions of her house arrest.
“"No han depositado ni un solo peso,"”
The attempt to seize the residence where a former head of state is serving house arrest creates a significant legal conflict between the state's right to asset recovery and the judicial requirements of a custodial sentence. If granted, it would signal a shift toward more aggressive financial reparations in the Causa Vialidad case, potentially setting a precedent for seizing primary residences of high-ranking officials to cover massive public debts.
