Anger as suspect in $100M jewelry heist avoids trial – because ICE deported him
www.independent.co.uk
An attorney representing some of the jewelry companies impacted in the heist said Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores’s deportation ‘exposes a gap in the system that deserves transparency’

Last month, federal officials allegedly deported one of the suspects in a massive 2022 jewelry heist in Southern California where thieves made off with $100 million in merchandise, in what prosecutors have called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history.

Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores was sent to Ecuador on or about December 29, according to court documents obtained by The Los Angeles Times. He was believed to be linked to a raid on a Brinks truck that netted a fortune in stolen jewels, gold and watches.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    23·
    19 hours ago

    It’s probably a bit too much of gamble to risk doing it ever again. Deportation is absolutely fine but you don’t want to end up in one of their concentration camps.

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
      12·
      18 hours ago

      I think that’s where the voluntary part comes in. He wasn’t fighting it so they just shipped him off. If he’d fight it then it’s off to camp while we arrange your hearing (whenever we decide to get around to it).

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        13 hours ago

        They’ve arrested people who are trying to leave the country, so I wouldn’t rely on that logic.