De la Rua has faced other charges associated with his past presidency. The Buenos Aires Appeals Court reinstated five charges of manslaughter [JURIST report] against de la Rua in 2009. The charges were dismissed in April of that year after a judge concluded that the prosecution had not established sufficient evidence to show that de la Rua initiated the chain of events that led to the deaths of five protesters. The deaths came during riots sparked by a national economic crisis [BBC report] that caused de la Rua to flee the presidential residence and eventually resign his office just two years into his term. De la Rua has also faced several other criminal charges. In 2008, he defended himself [JURIST report] against bribery charges. In December 2004, an Argentinian court charged [JURIST report] him with improperly allocating public funds for his own private use and for the use of his political party while serving in public office.