The clan that killed in broad daylight

The clan that killed in broad daylight: The true story of Arquímedes Puccio

A family that went to church on Sundays, swept sidewalks, and organized dinners in San Isidro operated a kidnapping and murder business from their basement. For three years, no one in the neighborhood suspected anything. How is it possible that a man with a diplomatic career, connected to state intelligence, kept three corpses and a woman chained while his son watched movies upstairs?

In this episode, we explore the investigation that led to the capture of the most sinister clan in democratic Argentina: the contradictions between what the family claimed to know, the confessions of the accomplices, and what the police found in August 1985. We unravel how Alejandro identified Ricardo Mannochan, why Laborda executed Emilio Nahún without collecting a ransom, and what role an undercover police officer played in protecting Puccio for years. How much institutional protection surrounded this operation?

Victim: Ricardo Mannochan, Eduardo Aulet, Emilio Nahún
Date: July 22, 1982 to August 23, 1985
Location: San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Status: Resolved; life sentences executed; unresolved institutional details

- Three victims murdered in three years; a woman chained in a secret basement behind a wardrobe; police found a bucket, cot, and straw.
- Puccio denied everything until conviction in 1995; Laborda confessed that he recruited, manipulated, and defrauded money; unresolved contradictions about economic distribution.
- An undercover police officer warned Puccio of a monitored delivery operation; allowed the clan to prepare a defense; the informant's identity was never revealed.
- Daniel Puccio arrived from New Zealand with a letter from his father describing the business as "an industry without chimneys"; arrested in Brazil in 2019 with a false document; successful escape without public explanation.

Arquímedes Puccio, San Isidro kidnapping murder, 1982-1985, criminal minds, state intelligence, true crime, forensic, homicide, imperfect justice, Spanish true crime

If you want to listen to this podcast without ads and gain access to premium episodes, we invite you to try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
This episode and its content (audio, text, and associated materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written authorization from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: business@obomedia.com.

To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com

OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.

Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.

We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie