The judge, Sebastián Casanello, dismissed charges that Mr. Macri participated in a wiretapping scheme that date to his tenure as the mayor of Buenos Aires.
Mr. Macri, who began his four-year presidential term this month, was indicted in 2010 by a judge who accused him of directing a scheme to tap the phones of Sergio Burstein, a leader of relatives of victims of the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994, and Néstor Daniel Leonardo, Mr. Macri’s brother-in-law. Mr. Macri denied the charges, saying they were invented by his political opponents.
There was no clear evidence against Mr. Macri, Judge Casanello wrote in his ruling. Jorge Palacios — Mr. Macri’s former police chief, who is suspected of executing the scheme in large part — and other defendants are to go to trial in 2017.
Mauricio Macri, Argentine President, Is Cleared of Wiretapping Charges
30 December 2015
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A federal judge threw out charges on Tuesday against Argentina
