In the history of our country, several occurred crimes that will remain in the memory and will always be an icon and example of how dangerous organized gangs are. These events are usually accompanied by an epic thanks to the impressive strategies that were used to overcome the police in each of these cases.
San Fernandocity in the Northern Zone of the Province of Buenos Aireswas the protagonist of one of the first and oldest organized robberies in the country, which left people dead and seriously injured, and a film in his honor that immortalized the crime. In this case, the assault was on an armored truck of the Province Bankbut he loot destination It’s the most impressive thing.
What was the robbery of the Provincial Bank of San Fernando like?
He September 27, 1965a truck that transported more than $7,000,000 pesos for the payment of salaries of the municipal staff of San Fernando was intercepted while she was on her way from the branch of the Province Bank towards the community headquarters. The assault was carried out by a very well-organized commando group that, after a shootout and in a few minutes, managed to run away with the money leaving a trail of dead and wounded, given the unusual violence of the coup.
After the assault, the agents in charge of the case in the northern zone now knew that they were not chasing four daring and improvised people, but rather that they were members of a dangerous gang. Only that year, that group had killed at least three peopleamong them a 16-year-old teenager, during assaults against an automobile dealership and a cooperative.
What happened to the criminals
After several days of intense searching, Some members of the band were arrestedamong them the suppliers of the machine guns used in the robbery, the brothers Carlos and Abdir Nocito. They were the ones who, during the first interrogation with the Buenos Aires police, confirmed not only that they had provided the weapons, but that they had also provided the exact date of the money transferor, since one of the cousins was a municipal employee.
The Nocito cousins identified as members of the criminal group Carlos Alberto Mereles22 years old, and Enrique Mario Malito24. These two dangerous criminals had been left at the head of an important gang, after the leader fell in a shootout seven months earlier of that robbery of the Banco Provincia de San Fernando.
These, along with other companions, They escaped with the loot to Uruguay. In the first days of November, they were located in a building in the center of Montevideo, where a shootout took place that lasted almost fifteen hours and in which two police officers and three of the assailants died. Before dying, they chose burn stolen moneya fact that gave rise to the title of the famous novel written by Piglia based on these events.
Plata Quemada, the film inspired by the San Fernando robbery
“Plata Quemada” is a co-production film from Argentina, Spain, France and Uruguay directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and based on the novel of the same name published by Ricardo Piglia in 1997. It premiered on May 11, 2000and is completely inspired by the events that occurred in San Fernando in 1965. Starring Leonardo Sbaraglia like Franco “El Nene” Brignone, and Eduardo Noriega as Marcos “El Gaucho” Dorda, they play criminal twins who decide to take a major robbery seriously and change the trajectory of their lives.
Source: Ambito
