Overview
- The court assigned Gendarmería’s forensic unit to verify the origin of the files and test for edits or AI-generated voice.
- The ruling enforces a December order from the Buenos Aires Federal Chamber after the previous judge kept the clips out of the case over overlap with a separate espionage probe.
- Diego Spagnuolo declined to expand his statement until the findings are known, as his lawyers claim the audios were manipulated and cite a private study pointing to likely AI use.
- Prosecutors say the case stands on independent evidence, including device extractions and logs from the state purchasing system known as SIIPFIS, and they describe the audios as ancillary.
- The investigation targets an alleged scheme inside Argentina’s disability agency to steer high-cost drug contracts for kickbacks of about 12% to 20%, with 19 defendants processed earlier.