Martín Insaurralde spent more than $120,000 on trips for two years while earning $1,800 a month, with no other declared income. Just renting the Bandido in Marbella cost him 13,716 euros, about $15,000.

Governor Kicillof - who has now turned to the Court to ask the Nation for more sending of public funds - said three curious things about his former chief of staff: that he found out about the scandal through social networks, that his function is not to "spy on the officials"