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Jordan Collins

ICE let suspect in $100M jewelry heist leave the U.S. proving it was never about catching criminals

A suspect believed to be involved in one of the biggest jewelry heists in America has left the country without facing justice thanks to federal immigration authorities who allowed him to deport himself to South America. Despite many in the Trump administration claiming ICE are simply catching criminals it seems they gave Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores, an alleged criminal, exactly what he wanted.

Flores was charged last year along with six other individuals for allegedly following an armored truck in Los Angeles and stealing diamonds and other precious gemstones worth somewhere in the ballpark of $100 million in 2022. Had he gone to trial, Flores was looking at 15 years behind bars should he have been convicted.

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