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.
Montecino-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.
Noem, 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.
