
A family from San Juan suffered a difficult fate Robbery during vacation in The SerenaChili. They stayed without truck in which they traveled and also stole $3,500 that they had cash on them for the season.
The robbery occurred during Early in the morning of the 22nd December in a closed facility, even though it was like that Security guards and camerasThey therefore suspect that the attack was coordinated between the criminals and one of the guards.
“It was all very armed. We arrived and didn’t move the truck. It couldn’t be seen from the outside. “They got in and went straight to the truck,” said Thiago Montero, one of the family members. Channel 13 San Juan.
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The event occurred between 00:40 and 01:00the criminals entered the property where they were staying Mirador del Faro condominiumthey unlocked the steering wheel and the alarm system Toyota Hilux SRX and they broke the gate of the place to escape. They also had $3,500 in the truck.
Although everything was recorded on cameras, the family did not receive much help at the time and was stranded in Chile that and subsequent days. “They had two cameras in front of them, They watched her at the security booth and did nothing. The truck was just a few meters from the checkpoint,” Montero explained to the same medium.
“The boys come in and work completely freely. The security guard didn’t do anything, he was so calm that he didn’t even call the police. He spoke to the other cubicle so they could call them,” he added.
According to the family, the security guard that day, a Colombian, stopped going to work after the robbery and had only been there for a month, so suspicion of his complicity is high.
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It is not the first time that a robbery of this type has occurred in this city, particularly chosen by the residents of San Juan due to its proximity. Beginning of December Another family had their truck stolen. On this occasion, Miguel Rodríguez left his truck in the car Supermarket parking lotalso with the steering wheel lock on and closed, but when he returned it was no longer there, the Tiempo de San Juan newspaper reported.
Rodríguez assured the same media that these criminal gangs mainly target trucks with Argentine license plates to transport them in containers to the border with Bolivia.
Recommendations from the embassy in Chile
Given this scenario, the Argentine Embassy in Chile recommended some security measures to prevent theft. In this sense, he pointed out the use of digital payment methods, the avoidance of third-party assistance in the event of punctures, as this is one of the mechanisms used to steal vehicles, and the use of private parking spaces.
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