A commando group armed with machine guns attacked a room in Saladillo: 'Everything rotted, let's crack'

01/24/2021 21:06

• Clarín.com

• Police

Updated 01/24/2021 9:21 PM

A commando group surprised a family in a ranch in Saladillo, Buenos Aires province, this Saturday night and stole valuable items, such as computers and cell phones, and a car.

In the escape there was a shootout between the criminals with the owner and then with the police.

They managed to escape.

At least five heavily armed men were those who entered the La Lucila ranch, located about 18 kilometers from Saladillo, on Route 91. It happened on Saturday around 10 p.m. and, according to the complaint, the entry of the criminals was violent:

they took one of the family members hostage and beat him.

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According to information that emerged this Sunday, one of the people who was in the ranch

would have fired shots with the criminals and injured one of them,

while they left the house.

"Everything rotted, let's crack," they shouted when they realized that they would not be able to continue with the robbery.

The center of the estancia, owned by the Cárdenas family, has several houses and the main house.

The thieves, after taking one of the owners and his family hostage in one of the houses, went to the mansion, but could not enter.

Already at that moment the crossfire had turned the entire scene into terror.

"They are still all in shock," family members told

Clarín

.

The commando group left the ranch with a Honda Accord car that belongs to the family.

The

Investigators suspect that there

may have been a delivery person

and that the criminals had information about some other type of value that could be in the house.

Alerted, the Roque Pérez police established a checkpoint on Route 30, where another shooting took place.

Sources of the investigation reported that the thieves

managed to flee by passing through the opposite hand

at very high speed.

Already at kilometer 127, near the city of Lobos, officers found the Honda Accord on the side of the road, among some grasslands.

Police suspect that the criminals may have escaped on foot through the field.

Inside the vehicle, a firearm, projectiles, a notebook computer, among other elements were found.

Huge bloodstains were left on the back seat

so it is presumed that

one of the criminals could have been injured.

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