Bank Rio robbery
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The Bank Rio robbery took place on 13 January 2006 in the town of Acassuso, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It involved Fernando Araujo, the leader and executor of the heist; Mario Vitette Sellanes, called by the media "the man in the gray suit";[1] Sebastián ("the Martian") and Alberto "Beto" de la Torre; together with the support of associates that did not enter the bank.
The robbery took place in the Banco Río branch, which was held up by a gang of six robbers armed with replica weapons. They took 23 hostages and emptied 147 safes of the bank deposits.
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[edit]- ^ "Heist of the century: Francella, Peretti and Ferro, the Movie Thieves". The Nation. May 1, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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