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Netflix’s ‘50 Segundos’ on Fernando Báez Sosa Draws Outcry Over Who Gets a Voice

Six of the eight men convicted in the 2020 killing speak from prison, with the victim’s family offering searing testimony.

Overview

  • Netflix premiered the three-episode documentary on November 13, reconstructing the case with phone videos, security footage, trial records and interviews under director Martín Rocca.
  • Six of the eight convicted attackers appear from prison — Máximo Thomsen, Lucas Pertossi, Ciro Pertossi, Enzo Comelli, Blas Cinalli and Ayrton Viollaz — with one giving only an audio interview.
  • Key on-scene witness Virginia Pérez Antonelli, who performed CPR on Fernando, is not interviewed and publicly criticized the omission for privileging the voices of the perpetrators.
  • The series quickly drew heavy viewing and prompted widespread social-media criticism of its editorial choices, especially the platform given to the convicted men and their families.
  • Coverage revisits the 2023 Dolores verdicts: five life sentences for co-authors of the homicide and three 15-year terms for secondary participants.