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The North Central Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office formalized 16 people for their alleged participation in the so-called “Theft of the Century ” to a securities company, from where they were stolen 15 thousand 823 million pesos in 2017.
At the hearing, the Public Ministry assured that the defendants prepared the fact by renting an apartment near the compound, using a spy watch and cutting fiber optic cables.
A little more than 3 years had to elapse before last Monday, the OS9 of the Carabineros specified the arrest of 13 people who would be linked to the so-called “Theft of the Century” occurred on September 19, 2017 and that they added another 3 who were detained for other crimes.
According to the account of the North Central Prosecutor, Marcelo Cabrera, the detainees carried out various illegal actions against the property and safety of people, with the aim of preparing the way for this millionaire robbery.
Since June 2017, the gang leaders recruited strangers and former partners in crime who had knowledge of robberies using the flame cutting method to open containers, the theft of vehicles, and guards who knew the targeted area.
Planning and simulation
The preparation also included the rental of an apartment close to the Esertval company, located in the commune of Independencia, from where they could observe the movements; thus also its lands were visited with a spy watch to record inside it, and even cut the fiber optic cable, with the aim that once the robbery was perpetrated, there would be no communication with the Carabineros and the security company.
The fact, specifically, occurred at dawn on September 19, taking advantage of the fact that a guard went out to buy cigarettes, moments when – from a van – some people pretended to intimidate him, because the worker knew what would happen, according to the prosecution of the Public Ministry.
Once inside the company, and with three vehicles, they loaded at least 15 thousand 823 million pesos that They pulled out from a vault and were transported through supermarket carts. This whole act lasted about 3 hours.
Radio Bío Bío, on September 21, 2017, spoke with one of the vigilantes involved, who gave his version and that in the end was fatal and allowed to discover the incongruities of his story.
After the act, the vehicles were abandoned and burned, and the guards were told that the payment would arrive two months later.
Purchases gave them away
Likewise, the assailants went unnoticed for several weeks until they began to acquire properties, some 37, and more than 100 cars that were registered in the name of different relatives, who were used as front men until the day of their fall.
Those apprehended are charged with the crimes of illicit association, reception, fire, money laundering, robbery in an uninhabited place, among others.
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