Overview
- Federal judge Ariel Lijo ordered the official forensic audio examination to begin on Wednesday, August 26, to be carried out by the Dirección Criminalística y Estudios Forenses de la Gendarmería Nacional.
- The peritaje will test whether the files are original or show edits, cuts or manipulation and will specifically check for use of artificial intelligence such as voice cloning or synthesis.
- Diego Spagnuolo has refused to provide a vocal sample, arguing that producing one would violate his constitutional right not to self-incriminate, and his defense has signaled an appeal to the Cámara Federal de Apelaciones.
- Lijo rejected the defense objection and authorized the peritaje to proceed with or without Spagnuolo's cooperation, and prosecutor Franco Picardi secured court permission for experts to use public interviews of Spagnuolo as comparative material.
- The audio analysis is one piece of the wider Causa ANDIS probe into alleged overpricing and kickbacks in ANDIS contracts, where roughly 20 to 30 people have been investigated, and its findings could strengthen or weaken how those existing documents and charges are used in court.