In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Giménez and the second or maternal family name is Arbo.
He admitted to more than thirty armed robberies of banks all over Spain, and was also convicted of the murder of two Civil Guards in Castejón (Navarra).[2] In addition, in La Vall d'Uixó (Castellón) , during an exchange of fire with El Solitario, one policeman died due to a stray bullet fired by another policeman.[3] He was sentenced to 47 years' imprisonment in July 2008.
He was arrested on 23 July 2007, in Figueira da Foz (Portugal) as part of "Operation Gloria". A large number of police officers, both Spanish (National Police officers and Civil Guards from the Central Operational Unit) and Portuguese (Judiciary Police) were there to arrest him while he was, presumably, about to rob the “Caixa Agrícola” Bank,[5] located on Saraiva de Carvalho Street, near the market. He was charged with the murder of two Civil Guards, whom he shot after they asked him to identify himself.{{
When he was arrested, he was disguised with false beard, mustache and wig and, as always, he wore his bulletproof vest and carried three guns: two short ones and an automatic one. The unprecedented police presence looking for him ended a decade of crimes that made him one of the most wanted criminals in Spanish criminal history. In his usual dwelling, and also in a warehouse of his own, large numbers of guns and amounts of ammunition were found, as well as articles of disguise.[6]
He was taken to Coimbra, where he was to make a statement before a judge. At the court door, before the many curious people and the media, he shouted "Hola a todos, soy El Solitario. ¡Salud españoles!" ("Hi, everyone. I’m The Loner. Here’s to you, Spain!")[7]
Stay in prison
On 27 July 2007 he started a hunger strike as a protest against being moved to a high security level prison. He stopped the protest two days later.[8]
According to his lawyers, Portuguese Elisa Maia and Spanish José Mariano Trillo-Figueroa in an August 2007 press-conference, he admitted being a robber, but denied having murdered the three people of whose deaths he is accused, claiming that the former Civil Guard General Enrique Rodríguez Galindo, and the former President of the Regional Government of ExtremaduraJuan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra were involved in the shooting of a shepherd in Zafra. and stating "I am innocent of the death of the two civil guards of Castejón and of a municipal policeman of Vall D "Uixó. It is my word of honor. I am not a murderer and if I have been forced to shoot law enforcement officers it has always been against my will and to avoid my arrest."[9] He also admitted the robberies, stating "I robbed banks in order to liberate the Spanish from the banks’ thefts".[10]
Trial
During his trial in the Navarra Provincial High Court in July 2008, Jaime Giménez Arbe pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder of two Civil Guards, as well as declaring himself antisystem and anarchist and defining his robberies as “bank expropriation”. He also said he had started his criminal career with Corsicananti-capitalist groups, with which he committed his first robbery.[11] Those sworn statements are similar to the ones in the letter he wrote in a letter to “public opinion” during his stay in Zuera prison.[12]
He was found guilty of the murder in 2004 of the two Civil Guards, and was sentenced to 47 years' imprisonment.[13]
Shooting with the Civil Guard outside a savings bank in which Arbe was wounded. He used a Renault 4 sadan, the plates of which belonged to a shepherd who was later mistakenly shot by the Civil Guard.[16]
Robbed a Caja Rural de San Isidro office, appropriating 3,300,000 pesetas. There was an exchange of fire with local police. One police officer died as a result of a shot by another.[17]
Soy El Solitario (I am The Loner) is a Spanish TV-miniseries by Manuel Ríos San Martín based on the investigation that lead to the arrest of Arbe.[20]
Me llaman el Solitario: autobiografía de un expropiador de bancos (ISBN84-8136-564-5) is an autobiography by Arbe with foreword by Lucio Urtubia. published in 2009.
Notes
^The spelling Jiménez has been used in some press reports, though the correct spelling is Giménez, as he wrote it in a letter[1] signed by himself and shown to press photographers by his lawyer Mariano Trillo-Figueroa)
References
^ABC.es El Solitario thinks he is Curro Jiménez (Spanish)
^"He kept shooting. It was war." 2021-02-21 at the Wayback Machine EL PAÍS (Spanish), 29 July 2007
^Tremlett, Giles (2007-07-25). "Hello I'm El Solitario: police hail capture of alleged killer". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. from the original on 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^El Solitario’s hobbies: music… and explosives - 20minutos.es (Spanish)
^"Preemptive prison for El Solitario (Spanish) • ELPAÍS.com". from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
^“Hi, everyone. I’m El Solitario”, says the robber at the court’s door - 20minutos.es (Spanish)
^"Preemptive prison for El Solitario after declaring before a Portuguese judge| elmundo.es (Spanish)". from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
^"El Solitario emulates Curro Jiménez • ELPAÍS.com (Spanish)". from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
^El Solitario claims he robbed to liberate Spanish people from the bank’s thefts | El Periódico de Catalunya | Sociedad (Spanish)
^El Solitario claims he is an anarchist and never having killed anyone| El Periódico (Spanish)
^Jaime Giménez Arbe’s letter to public opinion, from Zuera’s prison (Spanish)
^"El Solitario, condenado a 47 años de cárcel por asesinar a dos guardias civiles" [El Solitario sentenced to 47 years in prison for murdering two Civil Guards]. EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 29 July 2008. from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^El Solitario is visibly proud of his arrest and amuses himself posing - 20minutos.es (Spanish)
^"Una barba postiza, dos asesinatos y 35 atracos: La historia del Solitario, el enemigo público número uno". El Independiente (in Spanish). 2020-07-17. from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^"'El Solitario' ya emula a Curro Jiménez". El País (in Spanish). 2007-08-09. ISSN 1134-6582. from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^Vall d'Uixo’s robbery reconstruction (Spanish) 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
^"Las imágenes del atraco de 'El Solitario' en Ávila se pueden ver a través de internet". from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^El solitario, a dangerous robber on YouTube (Spanish)
^"Soy El Solitario". manuelriossanmartin.com. from the original on 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
January 05, 2023
jaime, giménez, arbe, also, spelled, jiménez, born, madrid, january, 1956, spanish, anarchist, bank, robber, known, solitario, loner, born, 1956, january, 1956, rozas, madrid, spainnationalityspanishother, namesel, solitario, loner, occupationbank, robberconvi. Jaime Gimenez Arbe also spelled Jimenez a born Madrid 12 January 1956 is a Spanish anarchist and bank robber known as El Solitario The Loner Jaime Gimenez ArbeBorn 1956 01 12 January 12 1956 age 66 Las Rozas Madrid SpainNationalitySpanishOther namesEl Solitario The Loner OccupationBank RobberConviction s Homicide two counts Criminal penalty47 years imprisonmentDetailsCountrySpain PortugalIn this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Gimenez and the second or maternal family name is Arbo He admitted to more than thirty armed robberies of banks all over Spain and was also convicted of the murder of two Civil Guards in Castejon Navarra 2 In addition in La Vall d Uixo Castellon during an exchange of fire with El Solitario one policeman died due to a stray bullet fired by another policeman 3 He was sentenced to 47 years imprisonment in July 2008 He has two sons with his British ex wife Anne 4 Contents 1 Detention 2 Stay in prison 3 Trial 3 1 Criminal record 4 Representations in media 5 Notes 6 ReferencesDetention EditHe was arrested on 23 July 2007 in Figueira da Foz Portugal as part of Operation Gloria A large number of police officers both Spanish National Police officers and Civil Guards from the Central Operational Unit and Portuguese Judiciary Police were there to arrest him while he was presumably about to rob the Caixa Agricola Bank 5 located on Saraiva de Carvalho Street near the market He was charged with the murder of two Civil Guards whom he shot after they asked him to identify himself When he was arrested he was disguised with false beard mustache and wig and as always he wore his bulletproof vest and carried three guns two short ones and an automatic one The unprecedented police presence looking for him ended a decade of crimes that made him one of the most wanted criminals in Spanish criminal history In his usual dwelling and also in a warehouse of his own large numbers of guns and amounts of ammunition were found as well as articles of disguise 6 He was taken to Coimbra where he was to make a statement before a judge At the court door before the many curious people and the media he shouted Hola a todos soy El Solitario Salud espanoles Hi everyone I m The Loner Here s to you Spain 7 Stay in prison EditOn 27 July 2007 he started a hunger strike as a protest against being moved to a high security level prison He stopped the protest two days later 8 According to his lawyers Portuguese Elisa Maia and Spanish Jose Mariano Trillo Figueroa in an August 2007 press conference he admitted being a robber but denied having murdered the three people of whose deaths he is accused claiming that the former Civil Guard General Enrique Rodriguez Galindo and the former President of the Regional Government of Extremadura Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ibarra were involved in the shooting of a shepherd in Zafra and stating I am innocent of the death of the two civil guards of Castejon and of a municipal policeman of Vall D Uixo It is my word of honor I am not a murderer and if I have been forced to shoot law enforcement officers it has always been against my will and to avoid my arrest 9 He also admitted the robberies stating I robbed banks in order to liberate the Spanish from the banks thefts 10 Trial EditDuring his trial in the Navarra Provincial High Court in July 2008 Jaime Gimenez Arbe pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder of two Civil Guards as well as declaring himself antisystem and anarchist and defining his robberies as bank expropriation He also said he had started his criminal career with Corsican anti capitalist groups with which he committed his first robbery 11 Those sworn statements are similar to the ones in the letter he wrote in a letter to public opinion during his stay in Zuera prison 12 He was found guilty of the murder in 2004 of the two Civil Guards and was sentenced to 47 years imprisonment 13 Criminal record Edit Date Town Province Country DetailsJanuary 18 1993 Adamuz Cordoba Spain He used a Citroen C15 and was possibly helped by his brother This bank does not exist any more 14 May 2 1994 Viveiro Lugo Spain Robbed a Banco Exterior de Espana office Appropriated 5 700 000 pesetas 15 May 10 1996 Zafra Badajoz Spain Shooting with the Civil Guard outside a savings bank in which Arbe was wounded He used a Renault 4 sadan the plates of which belonged to a shepherd who was later mistakenly shot by the Civil Guard 16 May 22 1998 Melide A Coruna Spain Robbed a Caixa Galicia Bank office July 4 1998 Teruel Teruel Spain Fled in a jeep after appropriating 1 778 000 pesetas from a CAI office September 4 1998 Binefar Huesca Spain Appropriated 3 997 000 pesetas from an Ibercaja office November 26 1998 Jumilla Murcia Spain Robbed a CAM office and appropriated 12 600 000 million March 5 1999 La Roda Albacete Spain Appropriated 3 000 000 pesetas from a Caja de Ahorros de Castilla La Mancha office April 23 1999 Socuellamos Ciudad Real Spain Attacked a CCM office and appropriated two million pesetas June 10 1999 Calahorra La Rioja Spain Appropriated 1 197 000 pesetas from a Cajarioja office July 14 1999 A Estrada Pontevedra Spain Appropriated 1 668 000 pesetas from a Caixa Pontevedra office July 15 1999 Chantada Lugo SpainSeptember 2 1999 Alfaro La Rioja Spain Appropriated more than 3 000 000 pesetas from the Ibercaja office in Alfaro s Espana Square October 14 1999 Calamocha Teruel Spain Appropriated 4 100 000 pesetas from an Ibercaja office Fled in a Suzuki October 15 1999 Carinena Zaragoza SpainDecember 23 1999 Mula Murcia Spain As he was leaving he said Merry Christmas to those present May 10 2000 La Vall d Uixo Castellon Spain Robbed a Caja Rural de San Isidro office appropriating 3 300 000 pesetas There was an exchange of fire with local police One police officer died as a result of a shot by another 17 December 22 2000 Gallur Zaragoza SpainJune 14 2001 Pina de Ebro Zaragoza SpainAugust 18 2001 Cee A Coruna SpainOctober 9 2001 Zuera Zaragoza SpainJanuary 23 2002 Calasparra Murcia Spain Appropriated his largest amount in robberies up to then more than 100 000 He carried out no more robberies for a year March 26 2003 Pozoblanco Cordoba Spain Robbed a CajaSur office and appropriated 30 000 Fled in a Suzuki Vitara August 20 2003 Vilalba Lugo SpainSeptember 19 2003 Torrijos Toledo Spain Robbed a CCM office located in Espana Square June 9 2004 Castejon Navarra Spain Killed two Civil Guards with a sub machine gun after a failed robbery in La Rioja Spain April 20 2006 Sarria Lugo Spain Shot a clerk in the leg and fled with 835 000 May 10 2006 Alcobendas Madrid Spain In La Moraleja district Fled in a Renault Kangoo May 12 2006 Tres Cantos Madrid SpainOctober 10 2006 L Alcudia Valencia Spain Robbed the Banco Popular office located in Antoni Almela Street and appropriated 6 000 November 11 2006 Avila Avila Spain Robbed 8 Caja Avila office located between Virgen de las Angustias Street and Padre Victoriano Street 18 December 14 2006 San Agustin del Guadalix Madrid Spain Appropriated 10 000 This office had been previously robbed more than ten times February 7 2007 Madrid Madrid Spain In Canillas district 200 meters away from the Judge Police Station May 18 2007 Toro Zamora Spain Shot a clerk in the leg and fled with 6 000 19 July 23 2007 Figueira da Foz Coimbra Portugal Arrested as he was going to rob a bank in Figueira da Foz Portugal Representations in media EditSoy El Solitario I am The Loner is a Spanish TV miniseries by Manuel Rios San Martin based on the investigation that lead to the arrest of Arbe 20 Me llaman el Solitario autobiografia de un expropiador de bancos ISBN 84 8136 564 5 is an autobiography by Arbe with foreword by Lucio Urtubia published in 2009 Notes Edit The spelling Jimenez has been used in some press reports though the correct spelling is Gimenez as he wrote it in a letter 1 signed by himself and shown to press photographers by his lawyer Mariano Trillo Figueroa References Edit ABC es El Solitario thinks he is Curro Jimenez Spanish El Solitario s one thousand faces elmundo es He kept shooting It was war Archived 2021 02 21 at the Wayback Machine EL PAIS Spanish 29 July 2007 Tremlett Giles 2007 07 25 Hello I m El Solitario police hail capture of alleged killer The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on 2014 10 05 Retrieved 2021 02 21 El Solitario s hobbies music and explosives 20minutos es Spanish Preemptive prison for El Solitario Spanish ELPAIS com Archived from the original on 2011 05 20 Retrieved 2008 08 18 Hi everyone I m El Solitario says the robber at the court s door 20minutos es Spanish Preemptive prison for El Solitario after declaring before a Portuguese judge elmundo es Spanish Archived from the original on 2021 02 21 Retrieved 2008 08 18 El Solitario emulates Curro Jimenez ELPAIS com Spanish Archived from the original on 2021 02 21 Retrieved 2008 08 18 El Solitario claims he robbed to liberate Spanish people from the bank s thefts El Periodico de Catalunya Sociedad Spanish El Solitario claims he is an anarchist and never having killed anyone El Periodico Spanish Jaime Gimenez Arbe s letter to public opinion from Zuera s prison Spanish El Solitario condenado a 47 anos de carcel por asesinar a dos guardias civiles El Solitario sentenced to 47 years in prison for murdering two Civil Guards EL PAIS in Spanish 29 July 2008 Archived from the original on 21 February 2021 Retrieved 21 February 2021 El Solitario is visibly proud of his arrest and amuses himself posing 20minutos es Spanish Una barba postiza dos asesinatos y 35 atracos La historia del Solitario el enemigo publico numero uno El Independiente in Spanish 2020 07 17 Archived from the original on 2020 10 27 Retrieved 2021 02 21 El Solitario ya emula a Curro Jimenez El Pais in Spanish 2007 08 09 ISSN 1134 6582 Archived from the original on 2021 02 21 Retrieved 2021 02 21 Vall d Uixo s robbery reconstruction Spanish Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine Las imagenes del atraco de El Solitario en Avila se pueden ver a traves de internet Archived from the original on 2021 02 21 Retrieved 2021 02 21 El solitario a dangerous robber on YouTube Spanish Soy El Solitario manuelriossanmartin com Archived from the original on 2020 12 07 Retrieved 2021 02 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jaime Gimenez Arbe amp oldid 1122609278, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
