Two criminals assaulted a business in Villa General Belgrano, in Córdoba, at gunpoint.
With threats, they subdued the owners and took a large sum of money.
But beyond the money, they tried something else:
to kidnap a 9-year-old boy
, who was saved by an enraged and desperate father who got into a fight with the criminals to defend the boy.
A security camera recorded the nightmare.
One of the criminals was caught by the police.
The violent robbery took place on Friday morning at a winery located in Villa General Belgrano at kilometer 76 of Provincial Route 5, where two armed criminals entered to rob.
"It was almost
half an hour of nightmare
," said Agustín, the owner of the place who at the time of the assault was with other employees in front of the premises, next to his home.
"They handled themselves with violent language and movements. They knew what they were doing, they are dedicated to this. I don't think they wanted to kill us, they did want to scare us. They sealed us off,
and tied us up,
" he said in a conversation with
El Doce TV
, the owner (38 years) of Cordoba trade.
Córdoba: one of the criminals tied up the employees of the winery.
Photo: Video Capture
The police report reported that according to what was denounced by the merchant, the criminals took around
850,000 pesos, and almost 9,500 dollars
that were inside a safe in the house.
"I gave them everything I had. And I never resisted -Agustín said- But when they were about to leave,
they grabbed one of my children who was still sealed and I couldn't contain myself
. I have no idea how I managed to get out of the seal I had , but the moment I saw that they took my son, I lost track of everything," said the owner of the place.
The images recorded by security cameras are chilling.
One of the criminals is seen going out into a patio with the baby tied on his back.
Immediately a man (Agustín) enters the frame, who tackles the offender and on the floor begins
a fierce punching fight
.
"On the floor, I took the weapon from one of them, I unintentionally unlocked it and shot him on the floor, that is, the weapon was operational," Agustín recalled.
After the fight, the criminals fled the place on foot, without the baby who was rescued by his father.
Another testimony of the nightmare
“Around 9.20 they broke into my house, reduced me and tied me up.
In that my children woke up and tied them too.
Then they went to the factory that we have on the same property, they reduced my husband and two of the workers”, added Andrea (41), one of the victims.
In a conversation with
TN
, the woman described that her husband never resisted the robbery.
“He opened the safe and gave them what we had.
But by not being satisfied or having wrong information about us,
they wanted to take my son
, ”she said.
"It was horrible. Almost half an hour of horror," Andrea described. "When they tried to take my son, my husband drew the strength of a superior man, he threw himself on the ground against one of the thieves in the patio of my house and took him out. the weapon. That's when they started beating him a lot," the woman described.
In the video you can see how one of the family dogs tries to defend the baby and in the middle of the fierce fight, he bites one of the attackers.
a detainee
After a brief pursuit, the Police arrested one of the criminals: a 21-year-old man residing in the city of Córdoba, according to the newspaper
La Voz
.
Córdoba: Part of what was seized by the Police after the arrest of one of the criminals.
Photo: El Doce TV.
Part of what was stolen was captured and also a 22 caliber revolver. The other offender, meanwhile, is still on the run.