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A Chilean man pleaded guilty to stealing a Gucci purse full of cash. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she was eating Washington DC Now he faces deportation.
Mario Bustamante Leiva, 50, pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree theft and wire fraud charges after prosecutors accused him of committing the crimes. series of robberies across the country’s capitalaccording to Washington Post,
“This individual is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years,” Noem previously told the outlet. “Unfortunately, too many families in this country have been victims of crime, and this is why President Trump Working every day to make America safer and get these criminal aliens off our streets.
Leiva was reportedly arrested on April 26 snatched three purses – and made purchases using the credit card taken in within the eight day period.
The first victim was dining at a Nando’s restaurant near the National Portrait Gallery on 12 April when her purse was stolen from behind her chair. Five days later, a second woman had her purse stolen while dining at the nearby Westin Hotel.
Noem was the third victim. She was eating food on 20th April Capital Burger on 7th Street According to the DOJ’s indictment, that’s when she noticed that her purse – which was placed near her feet – was missing.
The former governor of South Dakota alerted her Secret Service detail and provided a list of items in her luxury bag, which included several credit cards and her U.S. Government Personal Identification Verification card.
Other items in the bag were Noem’s keys, passport, checks, and $3,000 in cash (DHS had previously said the secretary had taken out large amounts of cash as her family visited for Easter).
The Secret Service later obtained CCTV footage purportedly showing Leiva – wearing a blue hat and white mask – carrying Noem’s purse. Prosecutors said it was also determined that she had taken a bus to an Italian restaurant and used Noem’s American Express card to purchase $205.87 worth of food and drinks.
The purse snatching spree adds to Leiva’s lengthy rap sheet, which has amassed across three continents. He received a three-year prison sentence in Chile for robbery in 1995. And in 2013, he received a 13-week sentence for theft in the UK. Post,
Now there will be a competition with Liwa deportation proceedingsAccording to the outlet.
“We are pleased to see that justice was served and that this criminal illegal alien will no longer be free on America’s streets to victimize more Americans,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
A DHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Independent,