Overview
- Proceedings paused around midday on the second day of jury interviews in Resistencia as Judge Dolly Fernández ordered the lawyer’s removal from the room.
- Chaco police chief Fernando Romero said the attorney appeared to sweep his phone across the panel after all parties were warned that recording jurors is forbidden.
- The phone was confiscated for analysis and the case was placed with Prosecutor Ana Graciela González de Pacce as the attorney faces an alleged disobedience offense.
- Reports diverge on whether he remained in custody or was released shortly after, and he was barred from continuing to participate in the selection session.
- The popular jury will comprise 12 principal jurors and 6 alternates with about 17 hearings planned on charges that name César Sena as the alleged killer, his parents as primary participants, and four associates for aggravated cover-up.