The Basement of San Isidro: When Friendship Demands Blood

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: THE BASEMENT OF SAN ISIDRO A retired accountant built a death machine underground. His son delivered the first victim: his best friend. Buenos Aires, 1982. A middle-class family that operated as a butcher shop for the rich, and no one on the block suspected anything. In this episode, you will discover how patriarch Arquímedes Puccio recruited his own son Alejandro to kidnap and murder high-society businessmen in Buenos Aires. We will dismantle the structure of the clan that terrorized Buenos Aires for three years, the secret cell behind the wardrobe in the basement, and why the son could not shoot his friend. We will reveal the three confirmed murders, the police complicity that protected the clan, and Puccio's lonely end: a mass grave in General Pico. Case Details Main Victim: Ricardo Manoukian, 22 years old, friend of Alejandro Puccio Date of First Crime: July 22, 1982 Location: San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina Status: Three confirmed murders; clan dismantled August 1985; Arquímedes Puccio deceased May 2013 in General Pico - Accountant Arquímedes Puccio, a former member of Battalion 601 and the Triple A, built a secret cell behind a wardrobe upholstered in the basement of his house, designed so that the victims would not know their actual location - Alejandro Puccio personally delivered Ricardo Manoukian, his rugby friend, as the first victim, creating the most disturbing contradiction of the case: was he a subordinate out of terror or an active accomplice? - An undercover police officer alerted Puccio about a covert operation before the third victim, evidence never fully investigated of institutional cover for the clan - The three women of the family denied total knowledge but showed no surprise at the time of the arrest, leaving the real degree of domestic complicity legally unresolved How did a family with an appearance of respectability execute a kidnapping gang inside their own home for three years without the neighbors hearing the screams? Puccio clan Buenos Aires, kidnapping gang Argentina, San Isidro true crime, Arquímedes Puccio, secret basement cell, Alejandro Puccio, Ricardo Manoukian, Argentine dictatorship crime, true crime Spanish podcast If you want to listen to this podcast ad-free and have 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: [email protected].