From the dark night to the early morning of July 11, 2022, there was a group of California men allegedly track Edge armored semi truck 300 miles.
Trucks travel south from international jewelry Expo exist San Matteo In the San Francisco Bay area, stop at Buttonwillow and Lebec, California, north of Los Angeles. The truck carries 73 bags of jewelry, including pink sapphires from the mat cut, dark blue sapphires, displaying rare six-point stars, emeralds with a considerable carat weight, and a jade-green pendant surrounded by diamonds.
The seven crew members allegedly attacked the truck in the morning in Lebec, after three days of planning, authorities charged indictment Not sealed this month. The group allegedly stole 24 bags of gemstones, including diamonds, rubies, emeralds and expensive jewelry, as well as Rolex watches from the edge truck watch. Prosecutors said the victims later valued the transport at $100 million, making the so-called robbery the largest in U.S. history. Seven crew members allegedly brought the stolen goods to East Hollywood and continued to deactivate their mobile phone numbers within a few days after the so-called Hawthorn.
The indictment returned this week, accusing the seven California men of two counts of conspiracy to steal, as well as other charges of theft and robbery. Each defendant faces five years of federal prison for theft plot, with 10 years of each theft. Authorities say the accused include Carlos Victor Mestanza Cercado, 31, of Pasadena; Jazael Padilla Resto of Boyle Heights, 36, currently a prisoner in the Arizona prison; Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig, 41, of Rialto; Victor Hugo Valencia Solorzano, 60, near the village of Rampart, Los Angeles; Jorge Enrique Alban, 33, of South Los Angeles; Jeson Nelon, 42, of Heights; Presilla Flores; and Eduardo Macias Ibarra, 36, near Westlake, Los Angeles.
The messages left by Cercado, Lugo Larroig and Alban were not blamed and attempts to reach Padilla Resto, Valencia Solorzano, Flores and Ibarra were not successful.
In what is considered the largest jewelry robbery in U.S. history, seven men were charged with stealing about $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and watches for breaking into the edge of a half-Luck and shipped in 2022. https://t.co/djukeuihix pic.twitter.com/byfebeujtk— FBI Los Angeles (@fbilosangeles) June 18, 2025
Apple, Samsung devices
Authorities claimed in the indictment that this was not the crew’s first rodeo. Court documents show that allegedly alleged thief was charged with crashing and drivers for months, a huge jewelry robbery occurred.
Back in March 2022, Mestanza, Lugo Larroig, Valencia Solorzano and other conspirators allegedly hunted a truck to haul electronics from Ontario, California to deliver them. Truck driver stopped at an Ontario store on March 2 Samsung Authorities alleged the equipment. They allegedly brought the goods to the location of Padilla, where he took pictures of stealing electronic products.
Then on March 11, Lugo Larroig was allegedly a scout apple Airtags from China will be shipped to warehouses in Fontana, California. The four were watched around the restaurant when the driver stopped to eat food in Fontana.
But, authorities say the driver caught the organization trying to steal the Airtags, and confrontation ensued. A man allegedly shouted to the driver, “Don’t move, or I will – you get up!” The authorities accused a knife of holding the knife. Authorities claim that the four men ended up with stolen Apple equipment worth $57,377.
On May 2, 2022, the organization was allegedly taken to the truck station in Fontana again, targeting semi-trucks. At the remaining sites, one of the defendants allegedly broke into the truck with a crowbar. Authorities said the group later stole Samsung electronics worth $14,081.
After May’s pull, the group allegedly spent three days searching for jewelry shows before following Brinks Truck on the evening of July 10.
Authorities said a search warrant conducted last week recovered some of the $100 million jewel stolen from the robbery.
In a statement, a marginal spokesperson told wealth The company appreciates the work of law enforcement in addressing theft. “Like everyone, we want to see those responsible people bring to justice and the stolen goods are back,” the spokesperson said.
Representatives of Apple and Samsung did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
