EXCLUSIVE Migrant seen with ICE Barbie's Gucci bag and American Express after snatching purse from DC restaurant
The illegal immigrant charged with robbing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem immediately used her credit cards for a boozy night in DC, police say.
Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, was arrested this week after allegedly robbing Noem at The Capital Burger restaurant in downtown DC, taking off with over $3,000 in cash in her Gucci handbag.
In new documents obtained by DailyMail.com, it is claimed that Bustamante-Leiva then immediately went to sit at a nearby restaurant bar, where he 'stayed until about midnight.'
He spent around $205 in the bar, and cops released images of him sat with drinks with Noem's credit card allegedly on the table in front of him.
Noem said the thief also took off with makeup bag, driver's license, passport, medication, apartment keys, DHS access badge and some blank checks.
Authorities say Bustamante-Leiva has been in the US illegally for years, and is believed to be part of a wider robbery organization terrorizing the East Coast.
This is not the Chilean's first run-in with the law. He made DailyMail.com headlines back in 2015 for being one of London's most prolific robbers.
After robbing Noem at a restaurant with a Gucci hat on and a mask over his face, Bustamante-Leiva immediately went to a nearby bar and drank until midnight
When he robbed Noem, Bustamante-Leiva sat alone at a table next to the secretary and was able to snatch her purse while no one was looking.
He used his left foot to drag and slide the bag into his possession and away from Noem. The suspect looked around the restaurant, picked up the bag, put it under his jacket, and bolted.
According to the court documents, Bustamante-Leiva had robbed two other unsuspecting victims in just over a week before targeting Noem in the same fashion.
Following his arrest in London, he was jailed in the UK for three years after stealing $27,957 worth of phones, wallets and computers during a five-month crime spree.
Bustamante-Leiva was a jobless father-of-three at the time with no fixed address.
The Chilean national trawled exclusive bars, restaurants and coffee shops looking for laptops, mobile phones, iPods and tablets.
In 2015, the Old Bailey court in London heard in one case he even stole a bag containing an entire family's passports and airplane boarding passes.
Police released CCTV footage which showed the brazen thief swipe an unsuspecting woman's handbag from under her nose as she chats with a friend.
He admitted 22 charges of theft between July and December 2014.
Noem thanked law enforcement for arresting her suspected robber.
She wrote on Sunday: 'Thank you to Secret Service and ICE 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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