Overview
- The forensic examination ordered by Judge Ariel Lijo began Wednesday, August 26, and is being carried out by the Dirección de Criminalística y Estudios Forenses de la Gendarmería Nacional.
- Experts will run a multi-step program that catalogs file metadata, looks for edits, compares acoustic-phonetic markers and searches for signatures of synthetic or cloned voice technology.
- Diego Spagnuolo declined to provide a fresh voice sample on grounds of self-incrimination, so prosecutor Franco Picardi offered four public interviews as substitute comparison material.
- The contested recordings reference alleged kickbacks and name figures and firms including Karina Milei, Eduardo ‘Lule’ Menem and Suizo Argentina, but prosecutors say the case also rests on other documentary evidence and about 19–20 people have been processed so far.
- Judicial sources say the peritaje will take months and could extend into 2027; its findings may decide the admissibility and probative value of the audios and influence pending appeals, nullity requests and further indictments.