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Two of the seven suspects have been arrested and were due in
federal court in Los Angeles on Tuesday, court records showed.
Four of them remained at-large Tuesday, while one of the
suspects is serving prison time in Arizona for an unrelated
burglary and was expected to appear in court in Los Angeles in
the coming weeks.
Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig and Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores were
arrested Monday, and both have been indicted on federal theft
and conspiracy charges, authorities said. The Associated Press
sent emailed requests Tuesday seeking comment from their
lawyers.
The heist unfolded in July 2022 after the suspects scouted the
armored truck leaving an international jewelry show near San
Francisco with 73 bags of jewelry, according to the indictment.
The suspects followed the truck for roughly 300 miles (482
kilometers) to the rest stop north of Los Angeles, making off
with 24 of the bags that authorities said also contained gold,
rubies and luxury watches.
Some of the jewelry has since been recovered, the U.S.
Attorney's Office in California said Tuesday in a news release.
Some of the suspects are also charged with other robberies,
including one in March 2022 when $240,000 worth of electronics
was taken from a truck.
The indictment says some of the defendants would act as
lookouts, while the others would break into trucks and steal the
merchandise, sometimes by force or by threatening violence
against the drivers.
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