It’s possible that the hosts were stolen in consideration of the imagined value of the ciborium. A tabernacle was violated in ... Argentina? Brazil? ... recently, and nuns attacked, probably in a search for drugs or anything valuable to exchange for drugs.
It’s logical enough: if something is locked up and kept in a special place with a light burning, it’s probably of great monetary value, right?
A lot of members of the underclass think the tabernacle is where a church keeps its gold and money.
3 Priests were killed Mexico last week, 15 in the last 4 years. Satan is alive and well.