Overview
- Federal police carried out coordinated raids in mid-September that led to the arrest of six men and the seizure of vehicles, cable stock and other materials.
- Two suspects were injured after jumping from a third-floor balcony during the raids and were taken to the Hospital Interzonal under police custody.
- The investigation began after a telecommunications company filed complaints about repeated cable thefts that produced mobile service interruptions in Mar del Plata.
- Authorities say they used film analysis, undercover surveillance and a GPS placed on a suspect vehicle to identify three linked addresses and obtain judge-approved search warrants from Juzgado Federal N°3.
- Officers seized a truck with a crane, a semitrailer loaded with cables, tools, 14 phones, 11,266,000 pesos and 4,200 dollars, a replica firearm and small drug quantities, and the case now rests with the federal court to assign responsibilities and probe wider links.