They arrest eleven criminals who stole 17 gold bars from a mansion

“When they first entered the room, the members of the organization were unable to remove the iron lock of the safe and cut the first layer of iron that remained on the floor,” Carmelo’s prosecutor said, Eugenia Rodríguez, in the request to formalize the investigation.

The eleven attackers knew in detail the location of the safe and the money because, according to the investigation, they knew a person who had carried out work in the room. by Finck.

Armed with heavier instruments, the eleven attackers returned to the charge at the end of July to finally carry out the robbery. Already without the previous difficulties, they managed to extract 17 gold bars and a thousand krugerrands, a South African gold coin.

But the success of the robbery was partial. Once the fortune was acquired, the criminals fled and remained in the shadows to avoid being discovered. At the same time, the police opened the investigation to try to clarify who was behind von Finck’s robbery.

The days passed and little by little the Uruguayan authorities began to make the connection to finally find the identity of the thieves, who were arrested in the last hours. However, at the moment, it is not known where the fortune lies, valued at $ 2.5 million.