Authorities have arrested two men in connection with the theft of a designer bag belonging to US Interior Security Minister Christy Nov.
The NOEM bag was stolen on Easter Sunday while she was having dinner at a popular restaurant in Washington DC.
On Saturday, police arrested 49-year-old Mario Bustamante Leva.
And on Sunday, the US Secret Service said it had detained a supposed co -co -co -serviceman in Miami. CBS News, the BBC American news partner, has identified suspects such as 51-year-old Christian Rodrigo Montessino-Sannaat.
Bustamante Leiva was accused of robbery, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud.
A criminal appeal filed on Monday is claimed to have participated in two other robberies and spent receipts for gift cards, hotel rooms and other purchases.
November, the former governor of South Dakota, ate at the popular Capital Burger restaurant with his Gucci bag sitting on his feet under his place.
After he claims to have been spotted on a video taking the bag, Bustamante Leiva got on a bus and was seen later that night at an Italian restaurant. He is accused of spending $ 205.87 ($ 153.21) on food and drink, paying with one of the Noem credit cards.
Montessino-Sanzanat has been arrested at a Miami drugstore, authorities and secret service staff said he was linked to a “model of robbery and theft” in Washington.
Suspect attorneys cannot be identified immediately. In 2015, Bustamante Leva, a Chilean citizen, was closed for three years by a London court after a number of thefts from shops, bars and sandwiches.
In the X's publication, November said the suspect “was a career criminal who had been illegal for years.”
Noem had $ 3,000 (2330 pounds) in cash, Along with credit cards, her internal security badge, medicines and a driver's license in her bag.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Homeland Security said that Nobody withdrew the money to treat his children and grandchildren at dinner, activities and festive gifts.
Like other cabinet employees, NOEM receives a detail to protect the secret service. At that time, the agents were in the restaurant, but they did not immediately find the theft.