BREAKING: Second illegal alien suspect arrested in DHS Sec. Noem’s purse-snatching crime

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The crime happened in Washington, D.C. on Easter Sunday, and the first suspected was reportedly apprehended in D.C. on Saturday.  The second suspect apparently fled to Miami, Florida.  You can run, but you can’t hide… authorities caught the second suspect in Miami on Sunday.

From the New York Post: The masked migrant who was arrested for stealing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci bag containing $3,000 in cash is a Chilean national who was previously busted for a similar scheme in London, law enforcement sources told The Post.

Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, of Santiago, was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly made off with the luxury shoulder bag while Noem, 53, was at an Easter outing with her family at The Capital Burger in Washington, DC, sources told The Post.

Bustamante-Leiva, who is in the US illegally, is believed to be part of a large East Coast robbery organization.

Cops later arrested a second suspect — another illegal migrant — in Miami and are holding him on a deportation notice while finalizing charges, according to sources.

The two suspects allegedly work together as a pair and have committed similar robbery schemes across the country, the sources said.

READ MORE from the New York Post.

U.S. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi announced Sunday evening, “A second suspect tied to a pattern of thefts & robberies in DC has been apprehended by @SecretService & @ICEgov, with outstanding assistance from @MiamiBeachPD. Details on both cases here https://secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2025/04/april-27-2025-statement-arrest-suspects-allegedly-linked-dhs-secretary.”

Police have not yet released the name of the second suspect arrested Sunday in Miami.

The first suspect arrested in D.C. has been identified as Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, who was previously busted in London, England ten years ago, and was sentenced to three years in prison there in 2015, after a five-month crime spree, for stealing phones, wallets, purses and computers.  He always wore a large overcoat, even in the summer, to hide the items he stole.  He used the exact same tactic to steal Noem’s purse in D.C. last Sunday.

He obviously made his way to the United States at some point after getting out of prison in the U.K., and went straight back to his same scheme.

In a press release, the D.C. Police Department confirmed that Mario Bustamante Leiva was arrested in D.C. on Saturday.

According to the press release, Leiva was stole at least two other purses at D.C. restaurants, in addition to “an offense being investigated by the United States Secret Service.”

In a statement posted Sunday morning, Noem wrote:

Thank you to @SecretService @ICEgov and our law enforcement partners for finding and arresting the criminal who stole my bag on Easter Sunday as I shared a meal with my family at a Washington DC restaurant.

This individual is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years. Unfortunately, so many families in this country have been made victims by crime, and that’s why President Trump is working every single day to make America safe and get these criminal aliens off of our streets.

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