Overview
- Police arrested 12 people in a predawn operation on June 14 that federal units including the Superintendencia de Delitos Complejos and Grupo Halcón carried out after three weeks of surveillance.
- Investigators identified C. D. Maidana, a 59‑year‑old ex‑Federal Police commissioner, as the alleged leader who coordinated logistics from his quinta in Moreno.
- The ring included a 63‑year‑old Uruguayan vault specialist, a technician who tested alarm responses, and a logistics provider who supplied cutting tools and 100 burlap bags for debris removal.
- Officers seized three vehicles, two 9 mm pistols, 16 phones, an endoscopic camera, drills, cutters, hydraulic jacks and other demolition gear consistent with boquete preparations.
- Federal judges have ordered urgent inspections inside the targeted Banco Nación and Banco Provincia branches and ongoing peritajes will determine whether excavations had begun and if bank staff provided inside information.