Last month, federal officials allegedly deported one of the suspects in a massive 2022 jewelry heist in Southern California where thieves made off with $100 million in merchandise, in what prosecutors have called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history.

Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores was sent to Ecuador on or about December 29, according to court documents obtained by The Los Angeles Times. He was believed to be linked to a raid on a Brinks truck that netted a fortune in stolen jewels, gold and watches.

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    that happens when high quotas are set as Miller did, ice agents will deport no matter what to fulfill

    edit: do Maduro next

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      The criminal is no longer in the country, as they voluntarily self-deported. Extradition would no longer be possible.

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        Do you know what extradition is? If he’s in a country with extradition deals with the US, the US can ask to be arrested and send back to the US to be judge

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          Ah, I see. I thought that they meant that the US should extradite the criminal.

          Though if he voluntarily self-deported to escape the trial, it seems rather unlikely that he would have chosen a country with extradition deals with the US. That seems like it would just be going in a circle.

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          I bet this guy can pay people enough to forget they saw him. He can change his name and go no contact.

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          That’s not an issue as suspects are regularly extradited, you do not need to be convicted to be extradited.

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            Sure, but don’t call someone a criminal who is literally not a criminal. They’re a suspect, not a criminal. Don’t tarnish their image.

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          A suspect in a low income country. And they’re got the best part of $100 million to bribe any local cops with.

          That guy ain’t coming back.

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    Serious criminals are allowed to just walk away, but poor granny has to be dragged from her home kicking and screaming. Maybe it’s not about enforcing laws at all, eh? Start calling a spade a spade and stop dancing to their drum.

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      Deporting criminals sounds good but when you actually think about it it doesn’t really work.

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    FIRST you Libtards COMPLAINED when we were Shooting Mothers in the Face and Kidnapping Children and NOW You’re complaining when we’re ACTUALLY Deporting Criminals! There’s NO PLEASING YOU!

    -Hakeem Jeffries!

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    ICE probably thinks it did its job because the people in it are incapable of thinking that people can have a comfortable life outside of the US, never mind a better one. So basically, they literally helped an immigrant steal $100 million from the US and make away with it because they had an accent and the wrong skin color - which opens up the possibility of just acting like a bad caricature of an immigrant to get free deportations after criminals carry out their crimes.

    You get fast-tracked from whatever consequences you would have had to just getting deported, and you didn’t even have to bribe Trump with 2 million dollars. Thanks, ICE!

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      Nah, ICE will deport innocent people only going forward. The criminals stay in the US!

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      There’s no guarantee he got to keep the money. It could be in a safe buried in America and he has no easy way to get to it again.

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      You think that would work? Volunteer for a self deportation even if you’re technically a US citizen? Asking for reasons unrelated to me