Jorge Alberto Palacios
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Jorge Alberto Palacios, also known as "Fino" Palacios is a controversial Argentine
police
man.
to lead the Metropolitan Police
, the new police force of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. This designation was questioned by the public, because of charges levied on him.
by the AMIA court case, "considered a necessary participant in the crime of concealment, author criminally responsible for the crime of abuse of authority and author of the crime of violation of evidence."
Previously he was prosecuted for the causes of repression and killing of protesters in 2001, which was finally acquitted by the Federal chamber. It is also publicly linked to the kidnapping of Axel Blumberg, the son of Carlos Blumberg, although Palacios defends by saying that "is an invention, as reflected in the sayings of the father" of the victim.
For his part, Fino Palacios denies all allegations and claims that there is a "smear campaign
" against him.
He is also controversial for his book Terrorismo en la aldea global (Terrorism in the global village), especially the bias of its analysis. Especially, he asserts that "Argentina was the theater of Marxist revolutionaries who sow violence and terror in the citizenry", but does not mention the state-sponsored terrorism in Argentina
at all.
The investigation revealed that the spying included opposition leaders and even leaders of Macri's own party as well as businessmen, trade unionists and their families between the Head of Government, as the spies had illegally tapped the phone of his brother-in-law, a parapsychologist who had been threatened by the father of Macri, industrialist Franco Macri. In December 2009, Fino Palacios, Osvaldo Ciro Chamorro and Jame, were arrested for this case, while he had to give the Education Minister Mariano Narodowski, by assuming the place the writer Abel Posse
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
police
Police
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man.
Jobs
In 2009 he was appointed by Mauricio MacriMauricio Macri
Mauricio Macri is an Argentine businessman turned politician, and Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Son of Francisco Macri, a businessman of Italian origin prominent in the industrial and construction sectors, he represented the City of Buenos Aires in the Lower House of...
to lead the Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan Police (Buenos Aires)
The Metropolitan Police is a police force being formed for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Currently security in the city is primarily the responsibility of the Argentine Federal Police. As of February 2011, it is composed of 1850 officers in about 10 neighbourhoods.The force is planned by...
, the new police force of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. This designation was questioned by the public, because of charges levied on him.
Accusations and Controversies
He is currently processedTrial
A trial is, in the most general sense, a test, usually a test to see whether something does or does not meet a given standard.It may refer to:*Trial , the presentation of information in a formal setting, usually a court...
by the AMIA court case, "considered a necessary participant in the crime of concealment, author criminally responsible for the crime of abuse of authority and author of the crime of violation of evidence."
Previously he was prosecuted for the causes of repression and killing of protesters in 2001, which was finally acquitted by the Federal chamber. It is also publicly linked to the kidnapping of Axel Blumberg, the son of Carlos Blumberg, although Palacios defends by saying that "is an invention, as reflected in the sayings of the father" of the victim.
For his part, Fino Palacios denies all allegations and claims that there is a "smear campaign
Smear campaign
A smear campaign, smear tactic or simply smear is a metaphor for activity that can harm an individual or group's reputation by conflation with a stigmatized group...
" against him.
He is also controversial for his book Terrorismo en la aldea global (Terrorism in the global village), especially the bias of its analysis. Especially, he asserts that "Argentina was the theater of Marxist revolutionaries who sow violence and terror in the citizenry", but does not mention the state-sponsored terrorism in Argentina
Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers, either proved or suspected...
at all.
Spy scandal
In October 2009, Sergio Burnstein, 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 its 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. 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 who worked for the Ministry of Education of Buenos Aires (Ciro James), two judges of the Province of Misiones, among others.The investigation revealed that the spying included opposition leaders and even leaders of Macri's own party as well as businessmen, trade unionists and their families between the Head of Government, as the spies had illegally tapped the phone of his brother-in-law, a parapsychologist who had been threatened by the father of Macri, industrialist Franco Macri. In December 2009, Fino Palacios, Osvaldo Ciro Chamorro and Jame, were arrested for this case, while he had to give the Education Minister Mariano Narodowski, by assuming the place the writer Abel Posse
Abel Posse
Abel Parentini Posse, born Córdoba, Argentina, on 7 January 1934, is an Argentine diplomat and writer. He was designated at a diplomatic mission in Venice by Alejandro Agustín Lanusse in 1973 and hold similar offices during the following Argentine governments, both military and civilian...
.
See also
- Metropolitan Police (Buenos Aires)Metropolitan Police (Buenos Aires)The Metropolitan Police is a police force being formed for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Currently security in the city is primarily the responsibility of the Argentine Federal Police. As of February 2011, it is composed of 1850 officers in about 10 neighbourhoods.The force is planned by...
- Spy scandal on the City of Buenos AiresSpy scandal on the City of Buenos AiresThe spy scandal on the City of Buenos Aires refers to the scandal of illegal spying events, possibly for political purposes, made using government research structures and connected to the newly created Metropolitan Police Force.-Chronology:...