More than two years after the disappearance and presumed femicide of 28-year-old Cecilia Strzyzowski, judges in Chaco are to begin hearing one of the most significant and high-profile trials in the northern provinceโ€™s history.

Proceedings begin Tuesday, October 28, in the provincial capital of Resistencia, where seven defendants โ€“ including members of the influential โ€˜Clan Senaโ€™ family โ€“ are being tried before a jury.

The case has attracted nationwide attention not only for the brutality of the crime, but also for its deep political reverberations in Chaco. The fall-out from Strzyzowskiโ€™s death included the collapse of the Sena familyโ€™s network of influence and the ejection, two years, ago of the provincial governor from office.

Cecilia disappeared on June 2, 2023, after visiting the home of her parents-in-law, Emerenciano Sena and Marcela Acuรฑa, where

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