Suspect in $100 million jewelry robbery in California avoids trial after self-deporting
Jeson Lelon Presilla Flores, of Chilean origin, obtained authorization to self-deport to South America; Flores was accused of the jewelry robbery in July 2022
The suspect in the $100 million jewelry robbery in Southern California, one of the largest heists in U.S. history, avoided trial after receiving authorization to self-deport to self-deport to South America by federal immigration officials.
Jeson Lelon Presilla Flores, originally from Chile, was one of seven people charged last year in the 2022 robbery of a Brink's armored truck north of Los Angeles, with a haul of diamonds, emeralds, gold, and designer watches.
Flores, a legal permanent resident who was out on bond, was arrested in September by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without the knowledge of the federal prosecutors handling his criminal case.