Overview
- Federal agents arrested Alberto Javier Casanova, 30, on January 15 at a home on Villegas 3700 in Sarandí under authorization from the Quilmes federal court.
- The arrest followed an Interpol Red Notice and coordination between OCN Montevideo and the PFA’s fugitives and extraditions division.
- Uruguayan authorities accuse him of involvement in an organized criminal group, complicity in especially aggravated theft, firearms trafficking, and using weapons during the assault.
- Casanova had been granted home detention in Uruguay with an electronic ankle monitor, which he destroyed before fleeing to Argentina.
- The case traces to an August 11, 2025 attack on a Scotiabank branch in Colón, Montevideo, where assailants used smoke devices and road spikes but took only a small amount of cash.