7 suspects identified in a $100M jewelry heist near Los Angeles

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Seven radical person been charged with stealing $100 cardinal worthy of diamonds, emeralds and much from an armored motortruck successful July 2022 astatine a freeway remainder halt northbound of Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES -- Seven radical person been identified and charged with stalking an armored motortruck to a agrarian freeway remainder halt northbound of Los Angeles and stealing $100 cardinal worthy of diamonds, emeralds and much successful what is believed to beryllium the largest jewelry heist successful U.S. history, national authorities announced Tuesday.

Two of the 7 suspects person been arrested and were owed successful national tribunal successful Los Angeles connected Tuesday, tribunal records showed. Four of them remained at-large Tuesday, portion 1 of the suspects is serving situation clip successful Arizona for an unrelated burglary and was expected to look successful tribunal successful Los Angeles successful the coming weeks.

Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig and Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores were arrested Monday, and some person been indicted connected national theft and conspiracy charges, authorities said. The Associated Press sent emailed requests Tuesday seeking remark from their lawyers.

The heist unfolded successful July 2022 aft the suspects scouted the armored motortruck leaving an planetary jewelry amusement adjacent San Francisco with 73 bags of jewelry, according to the indictment.

The suspects followed the motortruck for astir 300 miles (482 kilometers) to the remainder halt northbound of Los Angeles, making disconnected with 24 of the bags that authorities said besides contained gold, rubies and luxury watches.

Some of the jewelry has since been recovered, the U.S. Attorney's Office successful California said Tuesday successful a quality release.

Some of the suspects are besides charged with different robberies, including 1 successful March 2022 erstwhile $240,000 worthy of electronics was taken from a truck.

The indictment says immoderate of the defendants would enactment arsenic lookouts, portion the others would interruption into trucks and bargain the merchandise, sometimes by unit oregon by threatening unit against the drivers.