The $100 million jewelry heist that shocked America: Who are the 7 masterminds behind US' biggest robbery?
In Los Angeles, seven men face charges for a massive jewelry theft. They stole around $100 million in jewels from a Brinks truck in July 2022. The group tracked the truck after scouting a jewelry show. Some jewelry was recovered, but much remains ...

The 7 men
The suspects are as follows:- Carlos Victor Mestanza Cercado, 31 years old
- Jazael Padilla Resto, 36 years old
- Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig, 41 years old
- Victor Hugo Valencia Solorzano, 60 years old
- Jorge Enrique Alban, 33 years old
- Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores, 42 years old
- Eduardo Macias Ibarra, 36 years old
All 7 men were charged with planning and stealing goods that were being shipped across states and from other countries, according to a federal report. Five of them got extra charges, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery. Interference with commerce by robbery, as per the report by NBC News.
How did the heist go down?
On July 8, 2022, suspect Padilla went to an international jewelry show in San Mateo to scout, Federal indictment. Two days later, he and the group tracked a Brinks truck carrying 73 bags of jewelry from San Mateo to rest stops in Buttonwillow and Lebec, according to the reports.On July 11, the group stole 24 bags of jewels from the truck, Indictment. It’s not clear how they opened the truck, and Brinks didn’t comment, as per the NBC News report. They took the stolen jewelry to East Hollywood, authorities. Most of them turned off their phones to plan the heist soon after, as mentioned by NBC News.
Two suspects were expected in federal court Tuesday. Padilla is already in prison in Arizona for a separate burglary . It's not clear if any of them have lawyers yet, according to the report by NBC News.
FAQs
Q1. Who robbed the $100 million jewelry?Seven men from Los Angeles stole jewelry.
Q2. Did the police find the $100 million jewelry?
Police found some of it, but a lot of the jewelry is still missing.
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