Judge Orders Forensic Voice Comparison to Proceed in ANDIS Case
The ruling allows the Gendarmería to test whether recordings linked to alleged bribery are authentic under protocols that record a suspect’s refusal to give a voice sample.
Overview
- Judge Ariel Lijo rejected the defense request to suspend the peritaje and ordered the voice-comparison to continue on Monday, July 13, 2026.
- The court said the constitutional protection against self-incrimination does not cover biometric traits and treated the voice as comparable to fingerprints or DNA for forensic testing.
- Prosecutor Franco Picardi proposed using four public interviews as uncontested voice samples after Diego Spagnuolo refused to provide a live recording.
- Spagnuolo’s defense says the audios are fake, questions chain of custody, and warns of possible edits or manipulation with artificial intelligence.
- The Gendarmería Nacional was tasked with the technical analysis and the pericial conclusions will be central to confirming the recordings’ authenticity and shaping the ANDIS prosecution that began in August 2025.