Two of seven California men suspected of helping orchestrate the “largest jewelry heist in U.S. history” were ordered by a federal judge on June 17 to be detained until trial, a spokesperson for the local U.S. Attorney’s Office told The Epoch Times.
Prosecutors say the men were part of a modern-day highwaymen crew that allegedly broke into a Brinks semi truck and stole an estimated $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and luxury watches that were being transported from an international jewelry show near San Francisco in July 2022.
The robbery was considered to be the “largest jewelry heist in U.S. history,” according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.
Some of the jewelry was recovered when officers served search warrants on June 16, the prosecutors said.
The two men who appeared in U.S. district court on June 17 were Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig, 41, of Rialto, and Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores, 42, of Upland, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
An indictment, received on June 11, charged seven defendants with two counts of conspiracy to commit theft from interstate and foreign shipment and theft from interstate and foreign shipment.
