FILE PHOTO: Former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner leaves a building after a meeting with presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A federal judge in Argentina on Friday ordered a case involving ex-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to go to trial over allegations that public construction projects were awarded to firms that paid bribes to government officials.
The order to stand trial was laid out in court papers published on the judiciary's official website. Fernandez, now running for vice president in the Oct. 27 general election, was Argentina's leader from 2007 through 2015.
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