Posted on 04/27/2025 1:24:13 PM PDT by bitt
The masked migrant who was arrested for stealing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci bag containing $3,000 in cash is a Chilean national who was previously busted for a similar scheme in London, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, of Santiago, was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly made off with the luxury shoulder bag while Noem, 53, was at an Easter outing with her family at The Capital Burger in Washington, DC, sources told The Post.
Bustamante-Leiva, who is in the US illegally, is believed to be part of a large East Coast robbery organization.
Cops later arrested a second suspect in Miami, according to sources.
“Thank you to @SecretService @ICEgov and our law enforcement partners for finding and arresting the criminal who stole my bag on Easter Sunday as I shared a meal with my family at a Washington DC restaurant,” Noem wrote on X.
“This individual is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years,” she added. “Unfortunately, so many families in this country have been made victims by crime, and that’s why President Trump is working every single day to make America safe and get these criminal aliens off of our streets.”
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The MSM told us it was a “middle-aged white man.”
Does this count?
What happened to “Maryland man” Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
I don’t see him no moah.
Another Biden government-sponsored illegal criminal.
This is what the Democrat misfits have been pouring into our cities and towns.
I’ll bet the bag sells out.
Chilean thieves to be a ‘thing’. Perhaps we might want to take a closer look at young men visiting on a tourist visa. Nearly all Chileans identify as ‘white’, although that is not at all that uncommon in much of Latin America. Being ‘Indian’ is not looked up to.
Back in the 90s I did commercial construction (gas stations). Had a laborer from Oaxaca. He was a proud little Indian. The Mexicans treated him like crap.
And the reason why only nursing homes and shut-ins are still watching the fake MSM.
A Gucci bag with $3000. It pays to be a politician. At least she didn’t have gold bars like Menendez.
Arrested in London, and supposedly sent to prison for a record number of thefts, but no info on how long they kept him locked up. And where did he get the paperwork to fly from London or pick a cruise up to come to the U.S.? And where else has he been since his 2014 arrest? Many questions need to be answered, because if he did it, so did others.
I hope this thief likes El Salvador.
“Back in the 90s I did commercial construction (gas stations). Had a laborer from Oaxaca. He was a proud little Indian. The Mexicans treated him like crap.”
I worked with a Yucatan roofer during summer breaks from college, same thing. The Mexicans hated him. But that dude was the hardest working guy I think I have ever worked alongside. He was so pure blooded that there are artifacts dug up that are very similar, classic Yucatan.
I would go back to school and he would come by and help around the house with projects that needed finished. Momma used to pack him lunches.
mark
Yeah, well . . . bend over, get’cher head shaved and welcome to El Salvador
Hope he enjoys El Salvador.
-PJ
MSM will report this as “DC Man”.
A Gucci bag with $3000. It pays to be a politician. At least she didn’t have gold bars like Menendez.
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it prolly takes 3 grand to take the family out to dinner in DC
inflation was born in DC
They’re not sending their best and brightest.
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