In which areas of Cipolletti do stolen cars cool in Neuquén?

The suspicions of the police forces were due to modus operandi frequent of these criminal gangs: They gun victims in the capital of Neuquéntheir cars are stolen and They quickly escape to Cipolletti over the highway bridges. After reaching the roundabout, they return to route 151 and enter Mariano Moreno Street, which takes them to their destination.

The final point is the neighborhoods 12 de Septiembre and Las Viñas by Cipolletti. In the police field, These sectors are known as “cooling zones.”. There, the criminals temporarily abandon the vehicles stolen for a period of between 24 and 72 hours and then remove them from the region or scrap them to sell spare parts.

Early morning robberies

Police records show a significant number of vehicle thefts in the city of Neuquén, mostly early in the day, when victims leave their cars running to go down to close the gate of his house. According to the information accessed by LMN, between 2 and 3 cars are stolen per day under this modality in the provincial capital.

Furthermore, if the vehicles are high-end and operate with a fingerprint, the thieves point their guns at the victim, forcing them to start the vehicle in order to take the vehicle. Everything happens in a matter of seconds, less than a minutemoment when the criminals They take advantage of the distraction of the owners to carry out the assault.

The escape route frequently used by criminals is the Access to the city of Cipolletti via highway bridges. Then, your path continues along Route 151 until you reach Mariano Moreno streetwhere they access the 12 de Septiembre or Las Viñas neighborhoods.

Yes, a robbery in the neighborhoods is taken as an example Santa Genoveva or Gardens of the Kingthe departure from Neuquén may take them at most about ten minutes. In this regard, police sources warn that although criminals are specialized in this type of boleo robbery.

Suspicions in the neighborhood by unknown cars

Due to the frequent appearances of stolen cars in the 12 de Septiembre neighborhood, The neighbors themselves have taken to alerting the police when unknown vehicles appear..

For this reason, the neighborhood is no longer the main option for criminals, who They now prefer to leave their cars in the neighboring neighborhood, Las Viñas. However, both continue to fulfill the main objective of the thieves, which is to get the vehicles out of Neuquén as quickly as possible and hide them nearby.

Last April, the Neuquén Engine Theft Department managed to dismantle a gang that also operated on the plateau of the city of Neuquén and was dedicated to the theft of vehicles and sale of auto parts.

During the raids, several pieces were seized, including cell phones, a dismantled Toyota Corolla vehicle, an engine with a sequestration request, and computer equipment. The thing is For resale everything works: covers, rims, doors, windshield, rear windows, doors, hood, trunk and bumpers, among other things.

Disassembly or resale, the final destination of the vehicles

The cars are abandoned in the neighborhoods of Cipole, waiting for the same criminals, or others, to pass by and take them away a few hours later. The objective is for the vehicles to “cool down”, while going unnoticed in either of the two neighborhoods, and then be transferred to Bahía Blanca or another place in the province of Buenos Aires.

That is to say, criminals decide the final destination of the vehicles according to their needs. Sometimes to cars High-end cars make them more money by dismantling and selling them in parts and others by delivering them to be marketed in Buenos Aires.

The thin red line of insurers

A problem that arises from thefts with this modality is the coverage of insurance companies, which establish a fine line between what is considered “negligence” by the owners and a “robbery” of which they were victims.

The situation is summarized, in other words, as follows: If the owner left the car running on public roads, moment when it was stolen, this is considered “negligence”. But if you have been approached by criminals when you were inside it, it is considered “theft”.

In turn, if the car was parked and not running at the time it was stolen, insurers also consider it as “theft.”

For insurers, theft is considered as such when “There is an illegitimate seizure in which psychological or physical violence is exerted on people or things”. If the driver leaves the vehicle running to buy at a kiosk and they take it away, it is negligence.

What is on a thin red line is when criminals take possession of the vehicle in the seconds it takes to close the gate and return to the car. To what extent it is negligence and to what extent one feels intimidated by the criminal.

For this reason, one of the requirements requested for insurance recognition is the vehicle key presentation. With this, the company begins a line of investigation to define whether the claim is accepted or not.