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.

  • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    18 hours ago

    Step 1. Commit crime act of civil service, Luigi-style.

    Step 2. Submit yourself to ICE using a false identity for voluntary deportation.

    Step 3. Allow the U.S. government to smuggle you out of the country where they no longer have jurisdiction to prosecute you.

    Step 4. Laugh as the crypto-fascists get up on stage and boast about how tough on crime they are.

    edit: formatting because phones are stupid.