Argentina: Former President Alberto Fernandez in the Eye of the Storm for Alleged Gender Violence
Evidence of the alleged beatings was found on the cell phone of former secretary to the president, Maria Cantero,
On Monday, the Argentine Justice opened a criminal investigation against the former Argentine president Alberto Fernandez, Following messages in which it was alleged that evidence could be found that the former president had committed domestic violence against his ex-wife, Fabiola Yañez.
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Evidence of the alleged beatings was found on the cell phone of former secretary to the president, Maria Cantero, during a criminal investigation into the device, The result of a previous corruption investigation.
It should be noted that according to the Argentine Justice, the abuses and mistreatment occurred while Férnandez and Yañez occupied the Casa Rosada.
For his part, Yañez’s lawyer, Juan Pablo Fioribello, said that the evidence exists, but since it was a “couple discussion”, the victim did not denouce.
The former first lady, who is in Madrid, was located by these complaints and will hold a private trial due to the intimate nature of the alleged crimes.
However, Férnandez’s lawyers and the former president himself told Fioribello that “there was a strong argument but no physical violence”.
In the face of this, the Argentine population expressed its rejection of Alberto Fernández, thus putting him in the eye of the hurricane of the Argentine press.