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On July 12, 11 men bought a building 2 blocks away from Banco Central bank. the plan was to rob the bank
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Many things were taken but the last were the security boxes thinking they would be the least valuable. The highest recorded worth of one box was 1.7 Million dollars worth of Rolex watches.
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11 men dug a 656ft long whole reaching two block away.
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after the robbery the guards were found in a brake room taped to a wall side by side.
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The first 48 are crucial to any investigation but cops did not see it as a high profile case so it was not a priority.
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The reason the crime was not solved is because it took two weeks for the investigation to start. The 2 security guards held hostage and where not interrogated for 3 weeks after the event.
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Many privet investigators where hired. They where the only reason any of the stolen goods were ever returned.
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The biggest lead they ever got was when a men named Reo De Janeiro. He was told not to leave the country after being arrested as the lead suspect for a different robbery. One day later he was found shot died on an isolated road.
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In the following years a few things where recovered that remain classified for the owners protection. No other leads have been strong enough for any allegations to stick
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To this day only 7.3 million has been recovers. the rest remains a mystery. A rough estimate of 62.7 million is still missing waiting to be found.
