theft investigation 45 bottles of wine from the Atrio restaurantWorth 1,648,500 euros, it points to Russia, or rather, Russian citizens. thief Constantine Gabriel Dimitruand his partner, Miss Mexicana Lara Priscilla Guevarathey would sell most of the spoils a group of Russian citizensAccording to Prensa Ibérica’s investigation and events channel CASO ABIERTO.
Dimitru and Guevara are awaiting trial in prison. The prosecutor wants them four and a half years in prison Charged with theft of 45 bottles committed on 26 October 2021 at the luxury Atrio de Cáceres hotel restaurant, a three-Michelin star hotel.
Escape via Europe
After the attack, which was recorded by security cameras, the couple left Spain and passed through many European countries. France, Romania and Germany, previous Detained at the Montenegro-Croatia border, on July 18. Then they no longer carried a single bottle of wine or substantial cash.
The clue the police followed shows that Dimitru did not sell the €310,000 bottle of Chateau d’Yquem. When I got out of jail, I kept it as a kind of “retirement plan.”
Dimitru and Guevara, who were transferred to Spain and have since been held in Badajoz prison, refused to provide information on the whereabouts of the bottles. researchers The National Police’s UDEV is following many leads, most notably a recent trust from the wine industry that points to a possible destination for wines: many of them were sold to a group of wealthy Russian citizens with whom the thieves were with. they were to meet in a European country from those who visited during their escape. In fact, investigators suspect it’s a hired robbery, or at least a list of potential buyers for the wines before committing the heist.
38 percent of bottles sold on this trust Romanee Conti, a red wine from Burgundy sold for 12,000 euros per unit at the restaurant where they were stolen.
your favorite wine
Dimitru was recently sentenced to one year in prison for theft. Balvenie whiskey bottle In a luxury department store in Madrid, she loves to get her hands on French wine. In fact, he is also accused of buying two bottles of this broth from a shop in Madrid’s Salamanca district, and another lawsuit is pending for buying another three Romanee Conti. Duty free at Geneva airport (Switzerland) in October 2020.
“There black market Romanee Conti, all of Europe” explained industry resources to CASO ABIERTO: “This is a wine from the get-go. only 3,500 bottles each year”“and any bottle has a quick exit,” they emphasize.
money way
Having arrested the perpetrators of the robbery, the police are now looking for the money as well as the wine. Nothing in the name of Dimitru and his partner. They didn’t buy any property or cars during his escape to Europe. man too took away his cell phonewhere he has contacts to sell the wine; He was carrying a new device with less information about his previous steps when he was arrested in Croatia. Mexico’s paternity investigation into the former Miss World woman has also not come to fruition.
royal jewel
However, the Russian clue rules out that Dimitru and his partner were selling during their escape. Chateau d’Yquem bottle; The jewel in the crown, a sweet wine from Bordeaux from 1806, worth 310,000 euros. The mastermind and partner of the attack would keep that bottle when they were released from prison as a kind of “retirement plan” for both themselves and the man’s only remaining daughter.
While fleeing across Europe, Dimitru received terrible news. his other daughter was dead. The fugitive and wanted man participated in cold blood in the young woman’s cremation at a funeral home in Madrid before he returned to Spain and before justice could find him. Then he ran away again.