The second illegal migrant nabbed in Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci bag theft has been identified as a Chilean national who was released into the US despite being handed notice of “expedited removal,” The Post has learned.
Cristian Rodrigo Montecino-Sanzana was busted in Miami on Sunday after he and another illegal migrant allegedly made off with Noem’s designer purse containing $3,000 in cash last week, law enforcement sources said.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse was stolen earlier this month. AP
Cristian Rodrigo Montecino-Sanzana is the second illegal immigrant nabbed in Noem’s purse theft. Obtained by NY PostMontecino-Sanzana was released into the US in January 2021, according to sources — despite US Border Patrol issuing him with a notice of expedited removal when he was apprehended trying to sneak across the southern border in December.
His arrest came shortly after Mario Bustamante-Leiva was taken into custody in Washington DC over the theft. Charges against him are pending.
Mask-wearing thief who allegedly stole Kristi Noem’s Gucci bag containing $3K in cash and her passport. Gucci
Mario Bustamante-Leiva was taken into custody over the purse theft. Metropolitan PoliceNoem, 53, was on an Easter outing with her family at The Capital Burger in DC when a masked thief snatched the luxury shoulder bag contained her driver’s license, passport, DHS badge and apartment keys.
The two illegal migrants are suspected of being part of a larger East Coast robbery crew.
