Puccio family

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Died 4 May 2013, General Pico, Argentina Children Guillermo J. Puccio, Adriana Claudia Puccio, Silvia Inés Puccio, Daniel Arquímedes Puccio Siblings Salvador César Puccio, Rómulo Augusto Puccio, Beatriz Puccio Parents Juan Puccio, Isabel Ordano Similar Alejandro Rafael Puccio, Pablo Trapero, Guillermo Francella, Juan Pedro Lanzani, Alejandro Awada

The Puccio family was an Argentine criminal family. Three of the Puccios were convicted of four kidnappings and three murders in the early 1980s.

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Background

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The family, which comprised father Arquímedes Puccio, mother Epifanía Calvo, and five children (three sons and two daughters) – Alejandro, Silvia, Daniel, Guillermo, and Adriana Puccio - lived in a large house in San Isidro, a wealthy suburb of Buenos Aires. Arquímedes is suspected to have been involved in forced disappearances during the Dirty War. Alejandro was a star rugby player, and Silvia was an art teacher.

Crimes

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Ricardo Manoukian, aged 23, who disappeared on July 22, 1982, was the Puccio family's first known kidnapping victim. Manoukian's family paid a ransom of $250,000; nevertheless, he was later killed with three shots to the neck. He had been introduced to Alejandro Puccio by friends in his neighbourhood, and the two often played tennis and soccer together.

Engineer Eduardo Aulet was kidnapped on May 5, 1983. Although his family paid $150,000 for his ransom, the Puccios killed him. His body was found four years later.

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Emilio Naum was kidnapped in June 1984 and attempted to resist the kidnapping. He was shot right there, and his body was left in the street.

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Nélida Bollini de Prado, the family's last victim, was kidnapped and held for almost a month. The police detained the kidnappers as the latter attempted to retrieve the ransom; they also detained Alejandro and his girlfriend Monica, who were home at the time. Bollini de Prado was found and released in a police raid on the Puccio house on 23 August 1985.

Punishment

The family was apprehended and incarcerated. During the period leading up to their sentencing, Alejandro attempted to end his life by leaping from the fifth floor of the courthouse as he was being escorted to give testimony. He survived the fall but was left with significant health issues.

Arquímedes and his two older sons, Alejandro and Daniel, were convicted of the crimes, along with three other accomplices. Arquímedes and Alejandro each received a life sentence, while Daniel was jailed for a number of years.

The youngest son, Guillermo, who had escaped from the family long before they were arrested, avoided justice by leaving the country.

Epifanía Calvo, Silvia, and Adriana were never convicted of any involvement in the crimes.

Accomplices

The Puccios had at least three adult male accomplices. One of them, Rodolfo Victoriano Franco, a retired colonel, is simply referred to as "the Colonel" in the TV mini-series, Historia de un clan Another was Gustavo Contepomi.

Later life

The location of Daniel, who served only a few years in prison, is unknown.

In the early 1980s, Guillermo left Argentina and never returned. The statute of limitations for his alleged crimes expired in 2013, so he will never be tried.

In 2007, Alejandro was paroled. A year later, he died of pneumonia at the age of 49.

In 2011, Silvia, the second eldest child who taught art locally, succumbed to cancer.

In 2013, Arquímedes died of a stroke, still proclaiming his innocence.

As of 2015, Epifanía Calvo and Adriana (the youngest child) still own the house in San Isidro where the crimes were perpetrated.

In popular culture

The family and their crimes are the subjects of several works:

The film, The Clan (2015), starring Guillermo Francella as Arquímedes

The Telefe TV mini-series, Historia de un clan (2015), starring Alejandro Awada as Arquímedes

References

Puccio family Wikipedia

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