Perhaps, what this renowned man is passionate about is something else. Breaking the law, for example. Was he one, or does he claim to have been one, or does he play with the idea of having been one of the attendees of the most talked-about soccer match on Thursday night in the River Plate:
was Luis Mario Vitette Sellanes at the Gigante de Arroyito while Rosario Central and Peñarol of Montevideo were involved in games and controversy?
The best-known character of the criminal cast of the
Robbery of the Century
, 68 years old, looking at the Champion of the Century, Peñarol, but from a crowd of local fans, from the Corvidiola head of the scoundrel stadium. It sounds unruly if you take into account that Vitette
has been banned from entering the country
since he was extradited to Uruguay in 2015 for having been part of the robbery of Banco Río de Acassuso in January 2006.
While the attention of the fans and viewers of the match between the Rosario and Montevideo teams remained with the violence with which Rosario Central fans threw iron containment fences towards the Uruguayan team, which was in a popular area below the Rosario team, with the consequent repercussion on social networks, the posts of several users were left with four photographs that began to circulate with the consequent surprise.
Luis Vitette's X (former Twitter) account published four posts late Thursday night. At 6:54 p.m. he published an image of the interior of the Gigante de Arroyito with the following caption:
“Quiet here in Rosario, ENJOYING THE MEETING.”
A follower answers: “You're in the local gallery, Marito,” to which Vitette replied: “Obviously, hiding with my friends from Rosario.” Another follower went further: “Weren't you prohibited from entering Argentina?” “Shhhh,” wrote the Uruguayan.
Relax here in Rosario, ENJOYING THE MEETING pic.twitter.com/05XxpcbxRi
— Luis Mario Vitette 👌 (@luisvitette) April 4, 2024
Six minutes later, the account published three more photographs of the
Carbonera
fans from the stadium's local stalls. Vitette was contacted by
Clarín
about the situation.
Were you in Rosario?
Free interpretation! I retired, I only play on X. I'm terrible. A big, retired and provocative man.
Were you bitter about the result?
No. The passions of crowds do not excite me. It's a good title, isn't it?
Peñarol lost 1 to 0 with Rosario Central, with a goal from defender Quintana. Perhaps the result has not embittered Vitette, but another detail of the match did: a penalty not sanctioned for Peñarol when the match had less than five minutes of added time left. “They stole a penalty from us…” Vitette published at 8:52 p.m. on Thursday, minutes after the game ended.
For clever people like Vitette, being mocked is an affront to be rebuked. The team he supported was “stolen” with a penalty, so the thief of the Robbery of the Century pointed out further mockery against Argentina:
“The Argentine borders are like a 'bread of butter'
for me, who is like 'a hot knife'” , published in X on Friday morning, upon learning of the impact of his posts from the previous day.
The Argentine borders are like "bread of butter" for me, who is like "a hot knife." GREETINGS to my friends from Antena 3 in Rosario
— Luis Mario Vitette 👌 (@luisvitette) April 5, 2024
From the Rosario Central press area they initially dismiss that the participant in the Robbery of the Century was in their stadium
. “It is more likely that someone from the audience sent him some photos from inside and he posted them
than the possibility that he has been in our country. “He cannot enter Argentina,” they say from that area.
When consulted by
Clarín
, from the Migration area of the Ministry of the Interior they point out that they cannot tell the media whether Vitette entered the country or not,
due to a matter of personal data protection.
Extradited
Vitette was extradited in August 2013 to Uruguay, within the framework of the Alienation Law, after he had served half of one of the two final sentences he had confirmed, which corresponded to the robbery of the Banco Río branch in Acassuso. in January 2006, where a commando group took more than
15 million dollars from the safe deposit boxes
. He was also convicted of a robbery in Barrio Norte in 2008, in which he made off with $200,000 and jewelry.
After the unification of both sentences, on September 1, 2013 he arrived in Montevideo after being transferred from the General Alvear prison, province of Buenos Aires. Since that day, too, an ostracon weighs on him:
he cannot re-enter Argentina.
He started a new life in his native country: he settled in San José, had a son and set up a jewelry store, which he has recently been getting rid of.
He wrote a book and dedicated himself to dismantling the character that surrounds him, that of the “mastermind” of the millionaire robbery that made him famous, and also to misleading us about the destination of the loot from that robbery. Where did all the money go? Due to the bankruptcy of the wife of one of the assailants, everyone fell one by one, and
only 2 million could be recovered.
About the rest, Vitette says he knows nothing.
In 2013, in an interview with Eduardo Feinmann, Vitette said from Uruguay: “I am free because law enforcement triumphed. I would like to tell you that we are in a State of Law and that the law is complied with. A sad thief screwed up the Judiciary. Why don't they take it out on the legislators who vote for these laws? They make laws that promote drug trafficking and kick out bad people like me,” he said.
He boasts of having outwitted the Argentine Judiciary a decade ago. Did he return to circumvent the Argentine borders and Immigration and, in addition, enjoy living a passion of multitudes?
S.C.