Learn how this man went from taking care of the money to keeping it and escaping to Brazil.
Dionisio Rodríguez Martínbetter known as The Dioniwas an ordinary Spanish security guard, until he stole an armored truck loaded with 278 million pesetas. Instead of being judged for what he did, Spanish society saw him as a popular hero and an icon and the act became one of the country’s greatest feats.
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Dioni, as his friends called him, worked for the security company Candi SA, where he became a security escort. However, in 1989 His boss demoted him to the position of security guard.which didn’t sit very well with him. As he explained in an interview, he had been offended by going from wearing a suit and tie and charging 1,500 euros to dressing as a “Roman” and charging only 450 euros.


This is how El Dioni stole the truck he was guarding
On July 28 of that year, Rodríguez decided to steal the van he was previously guarding and it had almost 280 million pesetas inside. Then he took advantage of the fact that his companions were not there to get into the vehicle and take him to his car. There he transferred all the money from the van to his car and left quickly.
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El Dioni: the escape and capture in Brazil
In several interviews, Dioni assured that he had given parts of the money to three of his friends and that he then went to live in Brazil, where He lived a millionaire’s life. He changed his image and lived there for two months during which he traveled in a limousine, hired foreign orchestras, spent time in luxurious hotels and traveled several times by helicopter to fly over Rio de Janeiro.
However, his luck came to an end rather quickly because He was captured in September 1989. He spent 10 months in jail and, according to what he said in interviews, He was tortured several times by the police to tell him where the money he stole was. However, Only 175 million of the total were recovered, which led Candi SA to bankruptcy.
Once he was released, Dioni made many appearances in the media and became a pornographic actor. But currently he lives like a normal person, he is a grandfather and great-grandfather. At 75 years old, he has no problem telling about his great feat, in fact, He said he would do it again but better..
Source: Ambito