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Clown-costume suspects charged in Mexico heist
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October 9, 2009, Friday
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THEY aren't laughing now.
Prosecutors in western Mexico say they have filed robbery charges against two alleged members of a gang of thieves blamed for a "clown jewels" caper.
The gang - some of whose members dressed up in clown costumes - burst into a jewelry store in on July 26 and made off with at least 1.2 million pesos (US$900,000) worth of booty. The clown costumes were later found abandoned in a car.
In an announcement issued yesterday, the prosecutor's office in the state of Jalisco says two of six suspects have been caught and charged while a third has been detained pending investigation.
It says one of the suspects confessed to being the one of the men behind the masks, seeking the "clown jewels."
Prosecutors in western Mexico say they have filed robbery charges against two alleged members of a gang of thieves blamed for a "clown jewels" caper.
The gang - some of whose members dressed up in clown costumes - burst into a jewelry store in on July 26 and made off with at least 1.2 million pesos (US$900,000) worth of booty. The clown costumes were later found abandoned in a car.
In an announcement issued yesterday, the prosecutor's office in the state of Jalisco says two of six suspects have been caught and charged while a third has been detained pending investigation.
It says one of the suspects confessed to being the one of the men behind the masks, seeking the "clown jewels."
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