Los Ladrones: La Verdadera Historia Del Robo De... May 2026
is a 2022 Netflix original documentary that offers an intimate and stylistically unique look at the most famous bank heist in Argentine history. On January 13, 2006, a group of men stormed the Banco Río in Acassuso, took 23 hostages, and vanished into the sewer system with an estimated $19 million, leaving behind toy guns and a poetic note. 1. The Core Premise
Sebastián García Bolster, the technical brain, details the construction of "The Power" (a hydraulic tool used to crack the safe deposit boxes) and the complex tunnel system used for the escape.
Following the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina, many citizens felt the banks had "robbed" them. Consequently, the public viewed these thieves as folk heroes rather than villains. Los Ladrones: la verdadera historia del robo de...
The heist was a "success" until it wasn’t. The documentary explores how the group was eventually caught not through forensic evidence, but because of a personal betrayal. Alicia Di Tullio, the wife of Rubén de la Torre, turned them in after discovering her husband planned to flee to Paraguay with a younger woman and his share of the loot.
Directed by Matías Gueilburt, the documentary distinguishes itself by putting the perpetrators themselves center stage. Unlike traditional true-crime procedurals that rely on police testimony or grainy CCTV, this film allows the "artists" behind the crime—Fernando Araujo, Sebastián García Bolster, Rubén de la Torre, and Miguel Sileo—to narrate their own mythos. is a 2022 Netflix original documentary that offers
The heist is celebrated for its lack of bloodshed, relying on wit and distraction rather than brute force. 5. Conclusion
The film is praised for its and the charismatic, almost grandfatherly nature of the thieves. It touches on several deep-seated Argentine themes: The Core Premise Sebastián García Bolster, the technical
Fernando Araujo, a plastic artist and martial arts instructor, explains the heist not as a criminal act, but as a conceptual art piece. He spent years planning the "perfect crime" to prove it could be done without violence.
