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

Background

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.^[1] Arquímedes is suspected to have been involved in forced disappearances during the Dirty War.^[1] Alejandro was a star rugby player, and Silvia was an art teacher.^[1]

Victims

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.^[2] He had been introduced to Alejandro Puccio by friends in his neighbourhood, and the two often played tennis and football together.^[1]
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.^[2]
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.^[2]
Nélida Bollini de Prado, the family's last victim and the only one who could survive, was kidnapped and held for almost a month. She was found and released in a police raid on the Puccio house on 23 August 1985.^[1]^[3] The police detained the kidnappers when they attempted to retrieve the ransom; Alejandro and his girlfriend Monica were also detained during the raid on the Puccio house.^[2]

Punishment

The family was arrested and taken to jail. While awaiting court sentencing, Alejandro tried to commit suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of the courthouse when he was being taken to testify. He survived, however, with serious health complications.^{[citation needed]}

Arquímedes and his two older sons, Alejandro and Daniel, were convicted of the crimes, along with three other accomplices. ^[1] Arquímedes and Alejandro each received a life sentence, while Daniel was jailed for a number of years.^[1] The youngest son, Guillermo, who had escaped from the family long before they were arrested, avoided justice by leaving the country.^[1] Epifanía Calvo, Silvia, and Adriana were never convicted of any involvement in the crimes.^[1]

Accomplices

The Puccios had at least three adult male accomplices: Roberto Oscar Díaz, Guillermo Fernández Laborda and Rodolfo Victoriano Franco.^[4] Franco, a retired colonel, is simply referred to as "the Colonel" in the TV mini-series, Historia de un clan^[5]^[6] Another was Gustavo Contepomi.^[7]

Later life

The location of Daniel, who served only a few years in prison, was unknown^[1] until September 17, 2019, when he was arrested during a routine drug route bus inspection at Rodovia Castelo Branco in Itu, a city in the State of São Paulo in Brazil.^[8] He was arrested for carrying falsified Brazilian identification documents. After checking with Interpol it was concluded that there were no pending arrest warrants for Daniel. In his possession was US$5,000.00 in cash which according to him, it was a gift from his brother.
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.^[1]
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, died of cancer.^[1]
In 2013, Arquímedes died of a stroke, still proclaiming his innocence.^[1]
As of 2015, Epifanía Calvo and Adriana (the youngest child) still own the house in San Isidro where the crimes were perpetrated.^[1]

In popular culture

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

The film, The Clan (2015), starring Guillermo Francella as Arquímedes^[1]^[3]
The Telefe TV mini-series, Historia de un clan (2015), starring Alejandro Awada as Arquímedes^[9]
"The secret of the Greco family", (2022) Mexican series produced by Alejandro Ciancio, aired on Netflix, casting Fernando Colunga, Lisa Owen, Manuel Masalva, Luis Machín, Rafael Ferro, Alejandro de Hoyos, Samantha Siqueiros, Antonio de la Vega, Roberta Damián and Paula Reca

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Caselli, Irene (September 3, 2015). "Puccio crime clan continues to intrigue Argentina". BBC News. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Puccio: Qué fue de la vida del clan y quiénes fueron sus víctimas" [Puccio: What became of the clan, and who were their victims?]. Perfil (in Spanish). August 18, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Gosselin, Wendy (14 August 2015). "Out Now: El Clan". The Argentina Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ "Los siniestros ritos del clan Puccio". Uno Entre Ríos (in Spanish). April 25, 2017.
^ "Series / Historia De Un Clan". TV Tropes.
^ "Nightmare family Puccio returns in gripping film". Buenos Aires Herald. August 13, 2015.
^ "Kidnap gang leader Arquímedes Puccio dies at 84". Buenos Aires Herald. May 3, 2013.
^ "Argentino de família de sequestradores preso com documento falso tinha US$ 5 mil na bagagem".
^ Artigas, Martin (September 11, 2015). "Cinco diferencias entre la película y la serie sobre el clan Puccio" [Five differences between the film and the series about the Puccio family]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved September 10, 2015.

[BBC-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Caselli, Irene (September 3, 2015). "Puccio crime clan continues to intrigue Argentina". BBC News. Retrieved September 3, 2015.

[Perfil-2] "Puccio: Qué fue de la vida del clan y quiénes fueron sus víctimas" [Puccio: What became of the clan, and who were their victims?]. Perfil (in Spanish). August 18, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.

[argen-3] Gosselin, Wendy (14 August 2015). "Out Now: El Clan". The Argentina Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[4] "Los siniestros ritos del clan Puccio". Uno Entre Ríos (in Spanish). April 25, 2017.

[5] "Series / Historia De Un Clan". TV Tropes.

[6] "Nightmare family Puccio returns in gripping film". Buenos Aires Herald. August 13, 2015.

[7] "Kidnap gang leader Arquímedes Puccio dies at 84". Buenos Aires Herald. May 3, 2013.

[8] "Argentino de família de sequestradores preso com documento falso tinha US$ 5 mil na bagagem".

[9] Artigas, Martin (September 11, 2015). "Cinco diferencias entre la película y la serie sobre el clan Puccio" [Five differences between the film and the series about the Puccio family]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved September 10, 2015.

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-The '''Puccio family''' was an Argentine criminal family. Three of the Puccios were convicted of four kidnappings and three murders in the early 1980s.
+{{Short description|Argentine criminal family}}
+The '''Puccio family''' was an [[Argentine]] criminal family. Three of the Puccios were convicted of four kidnappings and three murders in the early 1980s.
 ==Background==
-The family, which comprised father [[Arquímedes Puccio]], mother Epifanía Calvo, and five children (three sons and two daughters) – [[Alejandro Puccio|Alejandro]], Silvia, Daniel, Guillermo, and Adriana Puccio - lived in a large house in [[San Isidro, Buenos Aires|San Isidro]], a wealthy suburb of [[Buenos Aires]].<ref name = "BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34106282|title=Puccio crime clan continues to intrigue Argentina|author=Caselli, Irene|date=September 3, 2015||accessdate=September 3, 2015|work=BBC News}}</ref>  Arquímedes is suspected to have been involved in [[forced disappearance]]s during the [[Dirty War]].<ref name = "BBC"/> Alejandro was a star rugby player, and Silvia was an art teacher.<ref name = "BBC"/>
+The family, which comprised father [[Arquímedes Puccio]], mother Epifanía Calvo, and five children (three sons and two daughters) – [[Alejandro Puccio|Alejandro]], Silvia, Daniel, Guillermo, and Adriana Puccio - lived in a large house in [[San Isidro, Buenos Aires|San Isidro]], a wealthy suburb of [[Buenos Aires]].<ref name = "BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34106282|title=Puccio crime clan continues to intrigue Argentina|author=Caselli, Irene|date=September 3, 2015|access-date=September 3, 2015|work=BBC News}}</ref>  Arquímedes is suspected to have been involved in [[forced disappearance]]s during the [[Dirty War]].<ref name = "BBC"/> Alejandro was a star rugby player, and Silvia was an art teacher.<ref name = "BBC"/>
-==Crimes==
-*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.<ref name="Perfil">{{cite web|url=http://www.perfil.com/policia/Puccio--Que-fue-de-la-vida-del-clan-y-quienes-fueron-sus-victimas-20150818-0008.html|title=Puccio: Qué fue de la vida del clan y quiénes fueron sus víctimas|trans-title=Puccio: What became of the clan, and who were their victims?|date=August 18, 2015|accessdate=September 3, 2015|language=Spanish|website=Perfil}}</ref> He had been introduced to Alejandro Puccio by friends in his neighbourhood, and the two often played tennis and soccer together.<ref name = "BBC"/>
+==Victims==
+*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.<ref name="Perfil">{{cite web|url=http://www.perfil.com/policia/Puccio--Que-fue-de-la-vida-del-clan-y-quienes-fueron-sus-victimas-20150818-0008.html|title=Puccio: Qué fue de la vida del clan y quiénes fueron sus víctimas|trans-title=Puccio: What became of the clan, and who were their victims?|date=August 18, 2015|access-date=September 3, 2015|language=es|website=Perfil}}</ref> He had been introduced to Alejandro Puccio by friends in his neighbourhood, and the two often played tennis and football together.<ref name = "BBC"/>
 *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.<ref name = "Perfil"/>
 *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.<ref name = "Perfil"/>
+*Nélida Bollini de Prado, the family's last victim and the only one who could survive, was kidnapped and held for almost a month. She was found and released in a police raid on the Puccio house on 23 August 1985.<ref name = "BBC"/><ref name=argen>{{cite news |url=http://www.argentinaindependent.com/top-story/out-now-el-clan/|title=Out Now: El Clan|first=Wendy|last=Gosselin|date=14 August 2015|access-date=6 September 2015|work=[[The Argentina Independent]]}}</ref> The police detained the kidnappers when they attempted to retrieve the ransom; Alejandro and his girlfriend Monica were also detained during the raid on the Puccio house.<ref name = "Perfil"/>
-*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{{where|date=January 2017}} at the time.<ref name = "Perfil"/> Bollini de Prado was found and released in a police raid on the Puccio house on 23 August 1985.<ref name = "BBC"/><ref name=argen>{{cite news |url=http://www.argentinaindependent.com/top-story/out-now-el-clan/|title=Out Now: El Clan|first=Wendy|last=Gosselin|date=14 August 2015|accessdate=6 September 2015|work=[[The Argentina Independent]]}}</ref>
 ==Punishment==
-The family was arrested and taken to jail. While awaiting court sentencing, Alejandro tried to commit suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of the courthouse when he was being taken to testify. He survived, however, with serious health complications.
+The family was arrested and taken to jail. While awaiting court sentencing, Alejandro tried to commit suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of the courthouse when he was being taken to testify. He survived, however, with serious health complications.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
 Arquímedes and his two older sons, Alejandro and Daniel, were convicted of the crimes, along with three other accomplices.
-<ref name = "BBC"/> Arquímedes and Alejandro each received a life sentence, while Daniel was jailed for a number of years.<ref name = "BBC"/>
+<ref name = "BBC"/> Arquímedes and Alejandro each received a life sentence, while Daniel was jailed for a number of years.<ref name = "BBC"/> The youngest son, Guillermo, who had escaped from the family long before they were arrested, avoided justice by leaving the country.<ref name = "BBC"/> Epifanía Calvo, Silvia, and Adriana were never convicted of any involvement in the crimes.<ref name = "BBC"/>
-The youngest son, Guillermo, who had escaped from the family long before they were arrested, avoided justice by leaving the country.<ref name = "BBC"/>
-Epifanía Calvo, Silvia, and Adriana were never convicted of any involvement in the crimes.<ref name = "BBC"/>
 ==Accomplices==
-The Puccios had at least three adult male accomplices: Roberto Oscar Díaz, Guillermo Fernández Laborda and Rodolfo Victoriano Franco<ref>{{cite news|work=Uno Entre Ríos|url=https://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/pais/los-siniestros-ritos-del-clan-puccio-n1383926.html|date=April 25, 2017|title=Los siniestros ritos del clan Puccio|language=spanish}}</ref>. Franco, a retired colonel, is simply referred to as "the Colonel" in the TV mini-series, ''[[Historia de un clan]]''<ref>{{cite web|website=TV Tropes|url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HistoriaDeUnClan|title=Series / Historia De Un Clan }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Buenos Aires Herald|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/196291/nightmare-family-puccio-returns-in-gripping-film&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwii5cvmtPnRAhVCYyYKHX47ASAQFggTMAM&sig2=t-MaLUcUQlr3MORaHWh-rQ&usg=AFQjCNHRUYthv3m-32JrPd928Iv2PuNL4Q|date=August 13, 2015 |title=Nightmare family Puccio returns in gripping film}}</ref> Another was Gustavo Contepomi.<ref>{{cite news|work=Buenos Aires Herald|date=May 3, 2013|title=Kidnap gang leader Arquímedes Puccio dies at 84|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/130189/kidnap-gang-leader-arqu%C3%ADmedes-puccio-dies-at-84}}</ref>
+The Puccios had at least three adult male accomplices: Roberto Oscar Díaz, Guillermo Fernández Laborda and Rodolfo Victoriano Franco.<ref>{{cite news|work=Uno Entre Ríos|url=https://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/pais/los-siniestros-ritos-del-clan-puccio-n1383926.html|date=April 25, 2017|title=Los siniestros ritos del clan Puccio|language=es}}</ref> Franco, a retired colonel, is simply referred to as "the Colonel" in the TV mini-series, ''[[Historia de un clan]]''<ref>{{cite web|website=TV Tropes|url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HistoriaDeUnClan|title=Series / Historia De Un Clan }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Buenos Aires Herald|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/196291/nightmare-family-puccio-returns-in-gripping-film&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwii5cvmtPnRAhVCYyYKHX47ASAQFggTMAM&sig2=t-MaLUcUQlr3MORaHWh-rQ&usg=AFQjCNHRUYthv3m-32JrPd928Iv2PuNL4Q|date=August 13, 2015 |title=Nightmare family Puccio returns in gripping film}}</ref> Another was Gustavo Contepomi.<ref>{{cite news|work=Buenos Aires Herald|date=May 3, 2013|title=Kidnap gang leader Arquímedes Puccio dies at 84|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/130189/kidnap-gang-leader-arqu%C3%ADmedes-puccio-dies-at-84}}</ref>
 ==Later life==
-* The location of Daniel, who served only a few years in prison, was unknown<ref name = "BBC"/> until September 17, 2019, when he was arrested during a routine drug route bus inspection at [[Rodovia Castelo Branco]] in [[Itu, São Paulo|Itu]], a city in the [[State of São Paulo]] in [[Brazil]].<ref>https://g1.globo.com/sp/sorocaba-jundiai/noticia/2019/09/17/argentino-de-familia-de-sequestradores-preso-com-documento-falso-tinha-5-mil-dolares-na-bagagem.ghtml</ref> He was arrested for carrying falsified Brazilian identification documents. After checking with Interpol it was concluded that there were no pending arrest warrants for Daniel. In his possession was US$5,000.00 in cash which according to him, it was a gift from his brother.
+* The location of Daniel, who served only a few years in prison, was unknown<ref name = "BBC"/> until September 17, 2019, when he was arrested during a routine drug route bus inspection at [[Rodovia Castelo Branco]] in [[Itu, São Paulo|Itu]], a city in the [[State of São Paulo]] in [[Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sorocaba-jundiai/noticia/2019/09/17/argentino-de-familia-de-sequestradores-preso-com-documento-falso-tinha-5-mil-dolares-na-bagagem.ghtml|title = Argentino de família de sequestradores preso com documento falso tinha US$ 5 mil na bagagem}}</ref> He was arrested for carrying falsified Brazilian identification documents. After checking with Interpol it was concluded that there were no pending arrest warrants for Daniel. In his possession was US$5,000.00 in cash which according to him, it was a gift from his brother.
 *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.<ref name = "BBC"/>
 *In 2007, Alejandro was paroled. A year later, he died of pneumonia at the age of 49.
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 The family and their crimes are the subjects of several works:
 * The film, ''[[The Clan (2015 film)|The Clan]]'' (2015), starring [[Guillermo Francella]] as Arquímedes<ref name = "BBC"/><ref name=argen/>
-*The [[Telefe]] TV mini-series, ''[[Historia de un clan]]'' (2015), starring [[Alejandro Awada]] as Arquímedes<ref>{{cite web |url= http://personajes.lanacion.com.ar/1826718-cinco-diferencias-entre-la-pelicula-y-la-serie-sobre-el-clan-puccio|title= Cinco diferencias entre la película y la serie sobre el clan Puccio|trans-title=Five differences between the film and the series about the Puccio family|language= Spanish|author=  Artigas, Martin|date= September 11, 2015|website= La Nación|accessdate=September 10, 2015}}</ref>
+*The [[Telefe]] TV mini-series, ''[[Historia de un clan]]'' (2015), starring [[Alejandro Awada]] as Arquímedes<ref>{{cite news |url= http://personajes.lanacion.com.ar/1826718-cinco-diferencias-entre-la-pelicula-y-la-serie-sobre-el-clan-puccio|title= Cinco diferencias entre la película y la serie sobre el clan Puccio|trans-title=Five differences between the film and the series about the Puccio family|language= es|author=  Artigas, Martin|date= September 11, 2015|website= La Nación|access-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>
+*"The secret of the Greco family", (2022) Mexican series produced by  Alejandro Ciancio, aired on Netflix, casting Fernando Colunga, Lisa Owen, Manuel Masalva, Luis Machín, Rafael Ferro, Alejandro de Hoyos, Samantha Siqueiros, Antonio de la Vega, Roberta Damián and Paula Reca
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+[[Category:1985 crimes in Argentina]]
 [[Category:Argentine families]]
+[[Category:Argentine people convicted of murder]]
+[[Category:Argentine people of Italian descent]]
+[[Category:Argentine serial killers]]
 [[Category:Crime in Buenos Aires]]
+[[Category:Gangs in Argentina]]
 [[Category:Kidnapping in Argentina]]
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 [[Category:Operatives of the Dirty War]]
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-[[Category:Argentine people of Italian descent]]
-[[Category:Argentine serial killers]]
-[[Category:1980s crimes in Argentina]]
-[[Category:1980s murders in Argentina]]
 [[Category:People convicted of kidnapping]]
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