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Netflix’s ‘50 Segundos’ on Fernando Báez Sosa Draws Fire Over Whose Voices Are Centered

Viewers question its choice to feature convicted attackers over key witnesses.

Overview

  • Netflix premiered the three-part documentary on November 13, reconstructing the 2020 killing with archival video, trial records and new interviews.
  • The series includes recorded statements from six of the eight men convicted in the case, who speak from prison about shame and remorse without directly naming the victim.
  • Criticism mounted after the production omitted Virginia Pérez Antonelli, the teenager who performed CPR and testified at trial, who said producers chose to give “voice to killers and/or accomplices.”
  • The show quickly ranked among Netflix’s most-watched titles as social media filled with complaints over platforming the convicts and their families.
  • Contextual segments revisit the 2023 verdicts—five life sentences and three 15-year terms—and include reactions from the victim’s family, with Fernando’s mother posting a searing account of the attack.