ANDin case, in case Millionaire robbery at the Atrium The decisive week begins with the questioning of the main suspects of the events. Both, who are in the process of being transferred from Croatia to Spain, where they are held in custody, are expected to testify before the Investigation Court No. 4 between Wednesday and Friday.
It will be Judge Aida María de la Cruz de la Torre who will decide after questioning them about the alleged facts of their accusations. give or not a provisional prison sentence for them and if this provisional order is executed in Cáceres prison or elsewhere in Spanish geography until the trial takes place.
At this time, the prosecutor’s office has submitted a request for precautionary detention, but it has not yet been determined what crimes they will face and how many years in prison the sentence the public ministry wants for them corresponds to. It seems clear from the items and forged documents that they will at least face the crimes of forced robbery.
I like in this caseStolen objects are of great value on the market, at least one and a half million eurosIt has not been determined how these are classified when claiming the penalty amount.
Concerning the accused, the National Police has recently conducted all procedures of the two main suspects, Constantin Gabriel Dumitru, 48, of Romanian descent and dual Dutch passports, and Priscila Lara Guevara, 28, of Mexican descentThey will be extradited from Gruda in Croatia, where they were arrested on 19 July while trying to cross the Montenegrin border.
They will do it by plane and They will arrive in Madrid. When they land, the National Police will announce their arrival. Spanish police carried out a joint investigation involving Europol, Interpol and Sirene to reach them and tracked their whereabouts and movements in Europe for at least six months.
The device considered that one of the defendants already had a record for similar robberies at high-value merchandise stores, but none at the Atrio level, which is considered one of the most notorious robberies in the city’s history because of its features. and as the thieves got a unique copy in their loot A bottle of Chateau d’Yquem worth 310,000 euros, one of the main attractions for wine lovers in Europe and the example that positions Atrio as one of the country’s most important wineries.
As for the alleged author, she has no criminal record like her partner and was named “Miss World of Ecatepec” from Mexico years ago. The events occurred in October of last year. and since then, it was the Civil Court of First Instance and Order No. 4 that took charge of the trial and issued a search and arrest warrant for the defendants. After the announcement of the arrest of the defendants, the conference presented by the Government Delegation and the General Directorate of Security gave more details about what happened. In fact, the police themselves showed on a series of nets from the security camera where you can see how a man entered the cellar and left with several backpacks that allegedly contained stolen bottles.
Regarding the sequence of events, they cited data that had emerged for months about the way both worked, such as forged documents to book, temporary credit cards, or in his case, a wig and some sunglasses. The hypothesis that was thought out from the first moment was that she had come down from the reception at dawn to ask for something to eat and took advantage of the man’s distraction. Sneaking into the cellar with a previously stolen magnetic card so that the alarms don’t go off. Everything was done in a matter of minutes and without anyone noticing what had happened. In fact, they both left the hotel early in the morning without arousing suspicion, and it was only hours later that the owners realized that at least 45 bottles were missing.
According to the news given by the police, it was determined that the thief suspects visited the hotel at least three times and calculated the robbery months in advance. After what happened, Atrio’s owners received numerous signs of support from their colleagues in the profession, and in fact months later, another celebrity chef, Dabiz Muñoz, reported that high-value bottles were stolen from his restaurant again. Madrid, although the two events were not connected at the time.
And bottles?
Although there are already defendants for the events after months of investigationOne of the big unknowns of the case is yet to be solved: where are the stolen bottles?. This question had a large number of hypotheses during this time, among which the theft was made to order and was previously agreed with a buyer. Again, last week the National Police approached him.
The head of the Economic and Violent Crimes Unit explained that it was not possible to determine where the bottles were and whether they were likely to be recovered, but said the investigation would address that part of the bottles. sold” without going into further details.
Another option put on the table is that they could be found on the black market, but experts argue that these are too private and difficult to sell without raising the suspicion that they are likely to be in the hands of private collectors. great legacy. The judge will question the two defendants this week to clear doubts about what the heist of the decade was in Cáceres.