Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was indicted on Monday on charges that her administration accepted bribes from construction companies in exchange for public works contracts.
She is accused of heading a network that received bribes in exchange for lucrative public works contracts during her presidency - from 2007 to 2015 - and that of her late husband, Nestor Kirchner - from 2003 to 2007.
In a 500-page ruling on Monday, federal judge Claudio Bonadio ordered Kirchner's arrest, saying that she could attempt to "obstruct the judicial process" if free.
Kirchner, now a senator, has parliamentary immunity which prevents detention but not prosecution.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Buenos Aires.
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