Luis Esteban Genoud, former judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Province of Buenos Aires, passed away at the age of 80 on March 6. His career was marked by his connection with the Buenos Aires Police since the late 1960s and his tenure as Secretary of Security of Buenos Aires during the Avellaneda Massacre in 2002.
Genoud was identified as one of the political responsible parties for this event by the Space of Family Members and Companions of Darío Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki. For them, Genoud represented "impunity for local powerful people" and they mourned his death, recalling his complicity with power and injustice.
Although his death generated condolences from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Province of Buenos Aires and political sectors like the Civic Radical Union, Genoud's legacy is marked by impunity and rejection from the families of the victims of the Avellaneda Massacre. For them, Genoud was another one of the responsible parties for that tragic event that ended the lives of Darío Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki.
Genoud's tenure in public office and his role in the province's judicial power were questioned due to his history linked to repression and injustice. Despite his training as a lawyer and his initial approach to militancy, Genoud was seen as part of the machinery of impunity that protected those responsible for violent acts like the Avellaneda Massacre.
Forty-two years after his birth, the words of Darío Santillán resonate: "with money, one can buy the crucifix but not faith," reminding us that justice and truth do not always go hand in hand in cases like that of Luis Esteban Genoud.
