It was around 1:30 in the morning when five criminals took by surprise Maximiliano Tonanithe Secretary of Security of Lomas de zamora and they attacked him when he was with his family. They also beat him and stole a large sum of money, his truck and a gun. The episode occurred in the town of banfieldin the southern area of Buenos Aires suburbs.
The violent sequence began this Saturday while the official was returning from a friend’s house with his family and other close friends in his Mercedes Benz pickup truck model GLC 300 black coupe. It was at that moment when the thieves intercepted him at the intersection of Grigera and Tucumán streets, according to what he learned. Infobae from research sources.
From a car blue Ford Fiestathey descended at least five criminals who forced Tonani and his family to get out of their vehicle to enter the suspects’ vehicle. Subsequently, they were all taken to the home of the head of Security of the municipality of Lomas de Zamora, located on Monseñor Piaggo street, where the thieves demanded that he hand over a significant amount of money.
Once at home, Tonani warned them that his house had an alarm system and suggested they enter alone to prevent the situation from becoming even worse. However, he was accompanied by three of the criminals who they hit him in his facedetailed the sources of the case.
There, the Lomas de Zamora official delivered a sum of 500 thousand pesos in cash. But the thieves also stole a Walter brand pistol model P99 caliber .40 millimeters with magazine and ammunition, your phone, a watch Omega brand; and they took the cell phones of two of his friends.
After committing the robbery, some of the criminals They fled aboard the official’s truckwhich until this Sunday afternoon had not been found, while the rest escaped in the Ford Fiesta car in which they began the assault.
After the violent assault, Tonani filed a complaint at the 1st Police Station of Lomas de Zamora, located on Leandro N. Alem Street.
According to his version of events, the secretary assured that the thieves would be between 20 and 25 years old, and that they were thin and had a dark complexion. Most of them carried ski mask, except for the driver of the Ford Fiesta who was driving with his face uncovered. Besides, everyone was wearing sports clothes.
The case was left in the hands of UFI No. 11 of Lomas de Zamora, in charge of the prosecutor Ricardo Alberto Silvestriniand the Guarantee Court No. 1 of the same district intervenes.
A man and his son were victims of a violent assault and kidnapping in Lanus West during last June 1. It all started when two armed criminals attacked them with beatings while they were unloading merchandise in a supermarket in the Villa Caraza area, shortly before 11 in the morning.
Besides, They kept them captive, they robbed them the products they transported and, later, They were released in Lomas de Zamora.
The episode occurred at the door of a business located on José María Moreno Street, a few meters from the intersection with Coronel Murguiondo. Both carried about 30 boxes of wine and another 50 of dog and cat food in their white Renault Trafic van, in which they made deliveries. It was at that moment when the two criminals surprised them: one of them had a gun.
The entire sequence was recorded by a local security camera. In the images, you can see how the assailants violently intimidated and forced the victims to get into the back of the vehicle: one of them hit the head and pushed the father, who fell to the ground. Then they set off.
Sources in the case told Infobae that once on board the truck they began to wander around the area until They stopped at a warehouse where they unloaded the merchandise. Meanwhile, the victims They remained threatened at gunpoint. Then they were released.
