Bank Rio robbery

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The Bank Rio robbery took place on 13 January 2006 in the town of Acassuso, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It involved Fernando Araujo, the leader and executor of the heist; Mario Vitette Sellanes, called by the media "the man in the gray suit"; Sebastián ("the Martian") and Alberto "Beto" de la Torre; together with the support of associates that did not enter the bank.

The robbery took place in the Banco Río branch, which was held up by a gang of six robbers armed with replica weapons. They took 23 hostages and emptied 147 safes of the bank deposits totaling nearly US $20 million.

See also

• The Heist of the Century (film)

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