scary million gang, A criminal organization known for carrying out violent robberies, brutally beating and even torturing its victims, and has been accused of two murders.During the period from August 15 to October 30, 171 homes in Vicente Lopez, San Isidro and San Fernando have been marked as targets for future burglaries..
This is demonstrated by analyzing the information that can be obtained by examining the kidnapped cell phone in the possession of Hugo Castillo San Martín, one of the accused leaders of the gang.
“Thanks to the captured content, it is possible to clearly identify the method carried out by Castillo San Martín, currently detained and residing in Unit 9 of the Buenos Aires Prison Service, in La Plata, through the use of the analyzed subscriber, while the aforementioned person and from his place of detention, repeatedly checks the Google page in the Street View and Maps function, where he places address marks, and also indicates the method of breaking into it and obtaining data from passengers through the Teleexplorer and Nosis pages, and, moreover, “It turns out that while doing so, he is making video calls to people (sic) whose identity is currently unknown,” according to the judicial file he had access to. Nation.
In the cell phone photo gallery of the accused gang leader, a series of albums named “Recents”, “Camera”, “Screenshots”, “Facebook”, “Instagram”, “WhatsApp”, “WhatsApp Images”, “WhatsApp Video” and “Homes” were found.
For example, the screenshot album contains images of 171 houses located in La Lucilla and Olivos, Vicente López; In Victoria, in San Fernando, in Boulogne, in Acasuso, in Picard and Martinez, in San Isidro.
Following sensitive information obtained on Castillo San Martin’s cell phone, Patricio Ferrari, Deputy Public Prosecutor of San IsidroThe person responsible for the investigation that led to putting a large part of the criminal organization behind bars sent a “list of targets identified by the gang leader” to the Public Prosecution. Commissioner General Lukas Borgresponsible for AMBA Norte I Security supervision of the Buenos Aires PoliceSo that “it is verified whether there are in the records of the agencies of each jurisdiction criminal acts related to the aforementioned properties and their residents, as well as taking appropriate preventive measures in order to protect their physical safety.”
Castillo San Martín, 20, was arrested in November last year after being on the run for eight months. He was arrested by investigators from the Buenos Aires Provincial Police at a bowling alley in Don Torcuato.
But Hugito or Castellito, like the other alleged gang leaders, Thiago Sandoval, alias Paulie, and Brandon Emanol Brits, 19, continued to lead the Mellon gang from their places of detention.
Moreover, the evidence collected by Prosecutor Ferrari indicates that Poli Sandoval was the theorist of the gang’s last coup, a robbery that took place in Justo José de Urquiza at 1100, in Acasuso, in San Isidro, and which ended with the victim María Susana Rodríguez Iturriaga, 81 years old. dead.
Poli Sandoval is 18 years old and is imprisoned in the “detention center for adult minors” in Ferri del Pino, La Matanza, where he is serving a prison sentence. Ten years in prison For his participation in the murder of Jorge Enrique de Marco, who was beaten to death during a robbery at his home in Las Lomas, in San Isidro, in March last year, a blow for which the criminal organization became known. He was a minor when the murder occurred.
In addition, investigators were able to recover WhatsApp audio messages that Polly Sandoval sent to one of her associates who participated in the robbery where Rodriguez Iturriga ended up dead, in which she gave him a series of instructions to carry out the hit.
According to the audio recordings he had access to NationSandoval ordered his partner to go to the victim’s home on a motorcycle with a backpack similar to those used by delivery workers to transport orders, but he had to keep the tools in the cabin.
“We’re going to have a conference call with you and Guacho Rat.”was one of the WhatsApp messages that investigators were able to recover regarding the band’s last song.
After the crime of Rodriguez Iturriaga that occurred on October 25, Miguel Ángel Vieira, 47, and Ramiro Emiliano Julio, 20, were arrested and investigated by the police. Deputy Public Prosecutor of San Isidro, Patricio Ferrariin charge of the investigation.
Judicial sources reported that Vieira refused to testify. On the other hand, Julio decided to “collaborate with researchers.” Although his story remained secret, it was learned that he admitted his participation in the robbery, but denied his participation in the severe beating of the victim.
Julio, we learned, would give a clear description of how the gang arrived at the house of Rodríguez Iturriaga, located in Justo José de Urquiza at 1100, in Acasuso, an area known as Barrancas de San Isidro. He also referred to previous intelligence provided before the coup and would have stated that Pauly Sandoval was controlling the robbery through a video call.
“This means that the blows suffered by the victim were transmitted via video call.” One researcher said.
In mid-week, after a series of raids in Nordelta, Tigray, another suspect was arrested: a 15-year-old teenager. He is accused of being one of the masterminds of the murder of Rodriguez Iturriaga.
Prosecutor Ferrari and his team of collaborators also have the affidavit of a repentant person, detailing the gang’s planning and logistics for each robbery they would pull off.
As stated Nation Al-Tayeb confirmed at the time that before every robbery, a “cell” affiliated with the organization films a video so that the thieves who will storm the property hours later can know the appropriate places to enter without any setbacks.
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Judicial investigation officers and police were also able to recover a video clip filmed by members of the Mellon gang, in which they were enjoying loud music and a gaming console in their place of detention.
At the beginning of last month, Attorney General Ferrari submitted his opinion to San Isidro Guarantees Judge Esteban Rossignoli He requested the prosecution of 11 members of the Melón gang, including Castillo San Martín and Brits, for dozens of robberies that occurred in San Isidro.
“It is necessary and inevitable to point out that the criminal organization under investigation here appears, in contrast to other criminal structures, with a distinct and distinct character that has allowed it, among other benefits, to persist over time and with great operational capacity, despite the fact that the majority of its adult members are currently deprived of their liberty in this and other related investigations. This characteristic lies in the active, predominant and punishable participation in the theft of property of minors. – between 12 and 17 years This intervention they sponsor does not It only responds to the issue of physical or logistical advantage (for example, when entering a house through limited openings), but also allows them, in the event of being caught red-handed committing a criminal act, to obtain the benefits of summary release: “In particular, those minors under the age of 16 who have participated within the same criminal group in certain lootings have almost systematically returned to different criminal practices,” Ferrari said in the aforementioned request for referral to prosecution.
The prosecutor also said: “They work daily, committing burglaries in large houses (sic), with an emphasis on those inhabited by the elderly, always at night. The stolen goods were used to purchase vehicles, designer clothes, mobile phones and jewellery, items that were then publicly displayed on social networks, especially on Instagram, as was also verified in this investigation. In addition, it was proven that they had access to firearms, both to carry out the looting and to protect themselves. From other rival gangs. It was also confirmed that “They would gather at various points in the neighborhood to consume alcohol and narcotic substances before going out to commit crimes, which led to a significant increase in the level of danger.”
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