Fugitive who robbed pensioner fell to the ground and was involved in a shootout, shouting ‘I’m on the hook’
The calm of Saturday afternoon, August 10, was disturbed when gunshots began to be heard. In the city EzpeletaOn 5th and 139th streets, two men came out of the house armed with a they started shooting against another group of young people whom they accused of damaging a car. The witness risked hiding and filming the whole scene. The painting was decisive, so now, after a month and a half, it fell in the luxurious private neighborhood of Matías Perata (40)former member of the fearsome “Banda de la Cheta” and the protagonist wild shootout.
In a joint operation between the DDI of Morón and the 1st Police Station of Berazategui, Buenos Aires police they made a series of raids to find refugee. After the shooting in Ezpeleta, Perata escaped and managed to stay off the radar of investigators for a month.
His “second” in shooting, a man who, in addition to a pistol has a bladehe gave up running because he had a electronic bracelet and fulfilled home in the house see on video. They left it anyway prisoner for his participation in a new crime. Perata, wearing a yellow jumpsuit in the video, is the one who warned against the shooting: “I’m on the rocks, you know, Gil?”“.
A former member of “La Banda de la Cheta”, experts in retirement entrances, he decided to cross the outskirts of Buenos Aires and He took refuge in the country of Altos del Solwhich is located in the town of Villa Udaondo, in the district Ituzaingó. When the police managed to identify him, the head of Guarantee Court No. 4 Berazategui, Diego Agueroordered his arrest.
Thus began the operation around the private quarter and again They managed to find the exact hiding place from Perat. Now with the criminal under surveillance, prosecutor Berazategui, Christian Granadosgave the order to proceed with the raids and That’s how he was caught.
As confirmed by sources in the case InfobaePolice searched two properties in the country where they found the fugitive and also raided a third home in Berazategui, on 26th Street, between 112 and 113. They searched for the weapon without success with whom the detainee was shooting that Saturday in August.
Police from Buenos Aires took the detainee back to Berazategui. On Monday, Prosecutor Granados will make an investigative statement. Perata is accused of “serious misuse of weapons” az “illegal possession of a firearm”.
They had a defined methodology and target victims: entrances and retirees. The story of this criminal group could be just another in the underworld, but they stood out the violence with which they carried out each robbery. They finally fell in 2012, after more than a year of robbing at least 20 homes.
Infobae revealed who he was Tamara Blanco, “La Cheta”who is still accused as the leader of the gang along with her boyfriend Emmanuel Garcia and is awaiting a court decision. She did intelligence work, but did not participate in robberies.
In the investigation carried out by the prosecutor Berazategui María de los Ángeles Attarian Menathat’s clear she chose the thief that they were going to pull off a heist as if it were a football team. Matías Perata was one of the criminals who made up this squad.
The gang chose rainy mornings to carry out the attacks. They used tools to open windows and carried weapons. They wore Spider-Man masks to hide their identities and steal money, jewelry, televisions, computers, watches and even relics. For example, a collection of tin soldiers from the 19th century was taken from one house.
The cause that surrounds this series of entrances He is stopped because he was absorbed in other investigations. A couple from “La Cheta” killed a police officer during a temporary trip in 2018 when they tried to steal cars using a satellite jammer near the Unicenter mall in Martínez. All will be presented for oral argument shortly before the event San Isidro Criminal Court No. 7.