«La Banda del Millón» is a famous criminal organization known for committing robberies and murders in the northern area of the Buenos Aires conurbation. The members of the gang are believed to have been involved in at least eight criminal incidents between October 2024 and March of this year. According to judicial findings, the criminals conduct prior intelligence work to gather information on their victims, investigate their social media profiles, and then rob the victims, mostly retirees. After marking the homes, the criminals would drive to the locations, scale the fence, and enter the premises, using violence as their primary method to steal money, jewelry, and valuables from the elderly. Knives and screwdrivers were some of the dangerous objects used by the attackers, who would threaten the victims with phrases like "Give me the money" and "I'll kill you." Several elderly people were murdered in a brutal manner: they were tied up and beaten without mercy. Following the case of María Susana Rodríguez Iturriaga, the 81-year-old retiree who was tied up, beaten, and murdered on Saturday, October 25, in her home in Acassuso, it was confirmed that the suspects have ties to the fearsome gang. Based on initial investigations, authorities confirmed that Ramiro Emiliano Julio, 20; Matías Tamurro, 26; Thiago Ponzo, 19; and Agustín Gómez, 20, are part of the organization that has committed these crimes on other occasions. In recent hours, more search warrants were issued, resulting in the capture of Miguel Ángel Viera, 47, while mobile phones, tools for forcing open doors, balaclavas, and gloves were seized at the scene. It was learned that Viera and his accomplices had written on the wall of the retiree's home, "In a rich people's neighborhood, no weapons, no grudges," a phrase that matches other crimes committed by the gang and became known after the Banco Río robbery in Acassuso in 2006.
Horror in San Isidro: Members of the "La Banda del Millón" murdered a retiree to rob her.
Robbery in Barrancas On December 3, 2024, four criminals, three of them minors, robbed and savagely tortured the victim, identified as Juan Battulich, to steal $220,000 from him. According to the investigation, the suspects are named Sandoval (nicknamed "piraña"), 12; González ("Toper"), 15; Silva Natanael ("Nata"), 16; and Barrera, 18, who are known as "La Banda del Millón." After the robbery, they were caught on security cameras while spending some of the stolen money at the Unicenter shopping mall, located in Martínez, where they bought expensive clothing and accessories. Personnel from the external service of the police stations of the Municipality of San Isidro and the Patrol Command arrested the suspects, while urgent raids were carried out on four houses. In one of them, $22,000 and cell phones were found. The prosecutor in the case was Patricio Ferrari, head of the Instructional Fiscal Unit (UFI) of San Isidro, who charged the four thieves with the crime of "attempted murder in the course of a robbery, triple aggravated by its commission in a populated area and as part of a group."
