Cuban man accused in Miami gold heist deported to U.S. from Belize
Cuban man accused in Miami gold heist deported to U.S. from Belize
MIAMI Wed May 7, 2014 6:54pm EDT
May 7 (Reuters) - A Cuban man accused of a $2.8 million gold heist in Miami was deported from Belize and brought back to the United States on Wednesday to face charges, authorities said.
Raonel Valdez-Valhuerdis was arrested in February in Belize after immigration officials stopped him while he crawled through bushes near the border between Belize and Guatemala.
Authorities say Valdez robbed a courier at gunpoint in October 2012 in the affluent Miami suburb of Coral Gables, stealing two suitcases holding $2.8 million worth of gold nuggets bound for a nearby refinery.
"We have brought back to South Florida a violent fugitive who will be prosecuted for his alleged crimes," Amos Rojas, an official with the U.S. Marshals Service, said in a statement.
Valdez was wearing a court-mandated ankle-monitoring device at the time of the robbery.
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