The story of this criminal who participated in one of the most important robberies in Spain ended up in a Netflix series.
In Argentina and in the world there are a large number of legendary criminals and robberies that went down in history due to the impressive factor or the high criminal value they had. For the most part, they even changed the way the authorities handle the police operations.
Spain was the protagonist of one of these events, but not only because of the violence with which it was handled but also because of the criminal who was the leader of the robbery. He Central Bank of Spain It was the beginning of the end of his criminal career. José Juan “El Rubio” Martínez Gómez.
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What was the robbery of the Central Bank of Spain like?
on saturday May 23, 1981in the first hours of opening the Barcelona headquarters of the Central Bank of Spaineleven robbers broke in violently and they took 263 people hostage. Twenty-three minutes later, the Barcelona police received notification of the assault. This chapter occurred months after the failed coup d’état of February 23two anniversaries that showed the fragility of the Spanish democratic system.
José Juan Martínez Gómez was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his participation in the robbery, in which he walked from prison to prison during the investigation. Although initially it seemed motivated by economic interests, the assault was described by ‘El Rubio’ as a assignment from the extreme right to recover compromising documents related to the failed coup d’état.
Who was “El Rubio”
José Juan Martínez Gómez He grew up in a difficult family environment with his father in prison. From an early age, he began delinquency by committing small crimes and was arrested several times for robberies and robberies. He was also involved in the drug traffic and joined a gang of criminals specialized in bank and jewelry store robberies. In 1978, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for robbery, but he escaped in 1980. After his escape, he began planning the robbery of the Central Bank of Barcelona.
After spending time in the El Acebucha prison, El Rubio ended up in the Ocaña prisonlocated in Toledo, where he hatched a plan to escape justice. On September 29, 1988, taking advantage of a prison permit, the criminal escaped from prison. His freedom was short-lived, as he was arrested again just a month later in Barcelona after being recognized by an inspector in a restaurant.
This disagreement ended with the death of two police officers and El Rubio seriously injured. He went to jail again and lost any kind of permit for a time. In the midst of other escapes, a temporary freedom to which was added an old sentence, ended up being tell his entire story in an interview in 2022where he assured that he was being falsely accused in the latest trials, although he admitted to having enjoyed the money collected in the robberies.
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