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.
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Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 208 pts · 215d
Fucking LOL. That's amazing.
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works · 149 pts · 215d
Want to make it better?
Turns out the jewelers intentionally undervalued what was in the truck to avoid paying a high insurance rate. They claimed their goods were only worth about $10m when in reality the actual appraised value was $100m.
Now the jewelers are trying to sue the transportation company (Brinks) for the full value of what was stolen. Brinks, in return, is countersuing the jewelers for breach of contract and fraud.
Honestly hope everyone here loses. Except the guy who self deported. He already won.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 214d
I'm okay with the transportation company also not losing. They aren't really in the wrong here IMO.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 215d
Law enforcement doesn't want you know this simple trick
echodot@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 215d
Commit crimes and then leave the country.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 215d
If you're an immigrant the US government will even charter a flight for you.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 215d
I'm as happy as anyone in this thread for the 'victims' in this particular crime getting their comeuppance, however:
This might be an attempt at smearing the guy, however if true it puts the jolly atmosphere of a 'clever rogue that game the system and got away' that is prominent in this thread in quite a different light.
Imho
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 215d
He got sent to a gulag, I'm sure he's not happy.I stand corrected:
wesdym@mastodon.social · 7 pts · 215d
@Akasazh If true, sure. But we're getting that from DHS, who also said Renee Good was a domestic terrorist.
So sorry, until I learn better from a CREDIBLE source, I'll assume he's completely innocent of all charges and was a pillar of his church who taught Scouts.
That's the price of such shameless lying. Absolutely no one has to accept anything you say, even if they think it might be true.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 215d
I agree with you, but felt a footnote was necessary for the people not reading the article.
Lucelu2@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 213d
Honestly? Tricia McLaughlin is a serial liar. If you want a tell on if she is lying, see if her lips are moving. She is a giant piece of shit human and I hope she gets ass cancer.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 213d
I was fortunate enough not to know her.
Babalugats@feddit.uk · 170 pts · 215d
"Anger as suspect in ＄100M jewelry heist said to be biggest in US history avoids standing trial – because ICE paid for and aided his getaway."
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 84 pts · 215d
Yeah... This guy is probably happy to GTFO
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 215d
Probably called the feds on himself.
Catma@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 215d
Probably cheaper than paying for a pardon
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 138 pts · 215d
If a bunch of morons offer you a get out of jail free card and a one way ticket to freedomville, you take it.
That dude won the jackpot, cashed in his chips, walked out the front door, and he is never coming back.
This whole story couldn't be more ridiculous if it were a Looney Toon's episode.
davidagain@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 215d
Why wouldn't he return illegally, commit crimes and get himself deported again?
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 31 pts · 215d
He'd never do that, that would be illegal!
echodot@feddit.uk · 23 pts · 215d
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.com · 13 pts · 215d
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).
echodot@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 215d
They've arrested people who are trying to leave the country, so I wouldn't rely on that logic.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 215d
You underestimate the high life you can lead with a modicum of money in South America.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 215d
I mean for all we know he already did. Plus an ice officer would get two deportations toward his quota if this happened. Win/win
merc@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 214d
Mainly because if he even managed to collect 5% of the actual value of the jewels he stole, he's now got generational wealth in Ecuador. Why bother?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 215d
When word got back to the White House, they all nodded in respect, and Trump intoned "Game recognizes Game."
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 214d
Idk it could be more looney tunes if he does it again. It would be dumb as fuck and he seems smart but still.
Also, legally still innocent. If I were in the position of a falsely accused version of him, you bet your ass I'm doing the exact same thing. Prison slavery or cecot for a crime I didn't commit or take the out that's presented.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 83 pts · 215d
The perfect crime 😎
rindo25@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 215d
Do I go for the vault? No I take the chandelier, it's priceless.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 215d
that happens when high quotas are set as Miller did, ice agents will deport no matter what to fulfill
edit: do Maduro next
shittydwarf@piefed.social · 33 pts · 215d
sfgifz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 215d
We did it Patrick! We saved the American people!We did it Patrick! We owned the libs!
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 215d
... now do one where the only building on-fire is a bank.
Furbag@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 214d
Step 1. Commit
crimeact 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.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 214d
Well, step 3 depends a lot on Trump's degenerating mind.
TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 215d
ICE probably thinks it did its job because the people in it are incapable of thinking that people can have a comfortable life outside of the US, never mind a better one. So basically, they literally helped an immigrant steal $100 million from the US and make away with it because they had an accent and the wrong skin color - which opens up the possibility of just acting like a bad caricature of an immigrant to get free deportations after criminals carry out their crimes.
You get fast-tracked from whatever consequences you would have had to just getting deported, and you didn't even have to bribe Trump with 2 million dollars. Thanks, ICE!
urandom@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 215d
Nah, ICE will deport innocent people only going forward. The criminals stay in the US!
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 4 pts · 215d
There's no guarantee he got to keep the money. It could be in a safe buried in America and he has no easy way to get to it again.
Lucelu2@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 213d
He could have shipped it internationally ahead of time.
Zoot@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 214d
You think that would work? Volunteer for a self deportation even if you're technically a US citizen? Asking for reasons unrelated to me
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d
I hope he swallowed some of them diamonds!
someguy3@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 215d
WIth or without the jewelry?
Edit:
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 215d
Lately I've heard a lot of officials say somethimg along the lines "if they come here and start causing problems, we're gonna deport them." but I never hear them say whether or not the problem-causing immigrants are facing justice. prior to being deported.
fullsquare@awful.systems · 24 pts · 215d
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 215d
It hurt itself in its confusion!
allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 215d
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 215d
I'm happy for the dude and wish him well
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 215d
I mean they said they wanted to deport criminals lol
echodot@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 215d
Deporting criminals sounds good but when you actually think about it it doesn't really work.
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 16 pts · 215d
Justice? No, Just ICE. What did they think would happen when they started targeting courts and going after people just for getting charged with a crime? They already fucked over a bunch of people by pardoning convicted criminals who owed a ton of restitution.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 215d
AlexLost@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 215d
Serious criminals are allowed to just walk away, but poor granny has to be dragged from her home kicking and screaming. Maybe it's not about enforcing laws at all, eh? Start calling a spade a spade and stop dancing to their drum.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 15 pts · 215d
Holy fuck! 100 million smackers? That's like what Jeff Bozos makes in a gnats's coffee break. But still...
I hope he fucking kept all of it and posts pictures of him smoking cigars and snorting blow off a hooker's boobs while having Batman and Robin playing in the background with Arnie's depiction of Mr. Freeze saying 'Iced to meet you!'
selokichtli@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 214d
Is that the current version of the American dream?
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 1 pts · 213d
Always has been.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 212d
Oh. Oh, suddenly everything makes sense.
Lucelu2@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 213d
He will be on a beach somewhere, in some lovely resort... or on a yacht in the bay that he purchased with his ill-gotten gains.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 215d
Sometimes the system works.
Go off, king.
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 215d
FIRST you Libtards COMPLAINED when we were Shooting Mothers in the Face and Kidnapping Children and NOW You're complaining when we're ACTUALLY Deporting Criminals! There's NO PLEASING YOU!
-Hakeem Jeffries!
Dojan@pawb.social · 13 pts · 215d
Well you know what they say about broken clocks. Good on Jeson, I hope he gets away with it. What a legend.
can@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 215d
Knee I wouldn't be the only one thinking of that saying
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 11 pts · 215d
not_that_guy05@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 215d
Oh no. Bet that guy is chilling now with a grin on his face.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 215d
Gotta fill the quota. Dude probably traded it for bitcoin and can now live large
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 215d
Bitcoin is a transparent ledger. It would be better to trade it for USD, which is main currency for laundering illegal funds, and the currency used by both the US and EC
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 215d
Or Monero
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 215d
Yes, a privacy coin makes more sense. But it's not used to launder much money, compared to USD.
The amount of monero that's used to launder is negligible compared to dollars.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 215d
As long as he has the key for the wallet there's little hope for anyone else accessing the crypto. Its less about the tracking here and more about moving it outside the reach of authorities
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 215d
The US has collaborated with many countries to arrest people who have illicit funds in crypto.
Ecuador's Noboa bends at the knee for Trump. He's a US citizen.
There is no "out of reach" for illicit bitcoin, since it's a transparent blockchain that is being monitored by millions of people, including governments, LE, and private sector.
onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 214d
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 214d
And companies that sell services to the government that break tumblers exist for a reason. It's secret sauce, but most likely the change address and other cleverness.
You can't launder things if your a whale on bitcoin. It doesn't work.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d
I'm talking about non extradition countries
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 215d
You can now commit any crime in the U.S. and easily get away with it. Just have ICE escort you to freedom.
adespoton@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 215d
I was thinking the same thing… commit a crime, stash the money, then turn yourself in… to ICE, confessing to being an illegal alien. Doesn’t matter if you’re a native citizen, they’ll fly you to the country of your choice to make quota.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 215d
Did he get sent to that hell-hole Equadorian prison though? That'd be a massive self-own.
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 215d
Isn't self deport a plane ticket to where you want, on your own time and with your own money?
bossito@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 215d
I think you're mixing it with El Salvador
Almacca@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 215d
You could be right. It's hard to keep up with the horrors.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 215d
Ecuador's prisons are run by gangs. It's a different kind of hell hole. Lots of murder in there (by prisoners. In El Salvador, it's the guards that do the torture and murder)
Lucelu2@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 213d
there are a lot of different places in Ecuador. He can leave for the countryside. Buy a plantation and build a nice little compound. You think Ecuadorean Government officials can't be bought off?
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 213d
You're basically describing the current president of Ecuador
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 5 pts · 215d
I hope the insurance company sues DHS/ICE for assisting with his escape.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 215d
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 215d
To bad he didn't face a trial
maid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 214d
stonks
NorthoftheBorder@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 213d
Incompetence and cruelty are the hallmarks of this administration.
E_coli42@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d
extradition?
T156@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 215d
The criminal is no longer in the country, as they voluntarily self-deported. Extradition would no longer be possible.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 215d
They're also not a criminal. They're a suspect
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 215d
A suspect in a low income country. And they're got the best part of $100 million to bribe any local cops with.
That guy ain't coming back.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 215d
That's not an issue as suspects are regularly extradited, you do not need to be convicted to be extradited.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 215d
Sure, but don't call someone a criminal who is literally not a criminal. They're a suspect, not a criminal. Don't tarnish their image.
Lucelu2@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 213d
Innocent until proven guilty... but that requires rule of law and due process, two things DHS and ICE are against.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 213d
Don't stoop to their lows
Madison420@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 215d
Suspect is short for suspected criminal but sure if we're being pedantic.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 7 pts · 215d
Do you know what extradition is? If he's in a country with extradition deals with the US, the US can ask to be arrested and send back to the US to be judge
T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d
Ah, I see. I thought that they meant that the US should extradite the criminal.
Though if he voluntarily self-deported to escape the trial, it seems rather unlikely that he would have chosen a country with extradition deals with the US. That seems like it would just be going in a circle.
Lucelu2@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 213d
I bet this guy can pay people enough to forget they saw him. He can change his name and go no contact.