"[1][3][4][5] Previously he was prosecuted for the causes of repression and killing of protesters in 2001, which was finally acquitted by the Federal Chambers.
[6] For his part, Palacios denies all allegations and claims that there is a "smear campaign" against him.
[7] In October 2009, Sergio Burstein, one of the leaders of the Jewish community who had led the opposition against the appointment of Fino Palacios as Chief of Police (because of his connections with the terrorist attack on the AMIA), he denounced in court was being spied on by the Police of the City of Buenos Aires.
[8] Shortly thereafter, the Justice observed that in fact, Burnstein was being spied upon by a band that would be part Fino and his successor Osvaldo Palacios Chamorro, a federal police lawyer and two judges from the Misiones Province.
[8] The investigation revealed that the wiretapping victims included several political figures, both in the governing and opposition parties as well as businessmen, trade unionists and their families, including president Macri's father, Franco Macri, and his brother in law .