(1 Apr 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Federal Court in Buenos Aires, police walking by
2. Sign in front of building reading "Comodoro Py"
3. Various of anti-riot police in front of court's main entry
4. Media outside court fence
5. Car with former Argentine president Carlos Menem driving in
6. People with banners and flags
7. Women holding banners outside Federal Court supporting former president Carlos Menem
8. People with banners outside court
9. Woman waving a flag and wearing a T-shirt reading "Menem Argentina"
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mercedes Landa, member of Peronist political movement (named after former Argentine president Juan Peron):
"They have never been able to prove he is guilty of any of the charges that they have tried to blame him for."
11. Group of Menem supporters playing drums outside court
12. Pan from one group of drummers to another
13. Women holding banners in support of former president Carlos Menem
14. Women with banners shouting "Menem"
15. Close up of two banners reading "Popular Peronism" and "Front loyal to Carlos Saul Menem"
16. Crowd surrounding and following Menem´s motorcade cars as it leaves court
17. Close up of cars and people around it
STORYLINE
Former Argentine president Carlos Saul Menem went to court in Buenos Aires on Thursday at the request of a federal judge.
Federal Judge Julio Speroni is investigating Menem for alleged irregularities during his time in government including the illegal sale of weapons to Ecuador and Croatia.
About 200 people gathered in support of Menem outside the capital's federal court building holding banners, waving flags and shouting Menem's name.
Mercedes Landa, a member of the Peronist political movement said Menem had never been proven guilty of any of the charges against him.
A group of regular and anti-riot police guarded the building's main entrance.
Menem was under house arrest for more than six months back in 2001 under the same charge of illegally selling weapons.
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