Procedures carried out by the Complex Crime and Analysis Prosecutor’s Office, together with the Carabineros OS9, allowed the arrest of a 42-year-old Chilean woman as the alleged perpetrator of the robbery that affected a bank branch located in the Parque Brasil sector, in the city of Antofagasta.
The accused, with a history of theft and fraud, was formalized this Thursday for the crime of robbery with intimidation and, following a request from the Public Ministry, was subject to the precautionary measure of preventive prison.
As stated in the hearing, around 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, The woman entered the branch and, pretending to be a customer, went to the cashier area, where she handed a paper to the cashier demanding the delivery of the money, and later a second paper, where she instructed her to put it inside a bag. that he carried.
Immediately afterwards, he displayed a weapon, apparently a firearm, and then, with the money in his possession, leave the bank and board the same vehicle in which he had arrivedwhich remained parked nearby.
How did they catch her?
The accused was arrested after rigorous investigative work that allowed her movements to be reconstructed, both inside the bank and outside it.
This way, The car in which she was traveling could be identified, and later her home, where she was detained by Carabineros personnel..
He recovered at the scene. the entire stolen money ($4 million) and a fantasy weapon which would have been used to intimidate the bank teller during the robbery, which remained hidden inside a bag in the basement of the home.
The city’s Guarantee Court established an investigation period of 60 days.
