The vice president also served as president for two terms and commands crowds of supporters. Thousands gathered in the streets to protest her sentence.
Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been sentenced to jail for corruption - but is currently immune from actually going behind bars because of her role.
She denied the allegations and dismissed the court as a"firing squad" - adding:"This is a parallel state and judicial mafia." She is also expected to appeal the sentence, with the case likely to spend years winding through higher courts.
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