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The booze-hound illegal migrant who snatched Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci purse brazenly drank for hours with her Amex card at an Italian eatery after pulling off the caper, according to shocking details released by the feds.
Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, was caught on camera blowing $205.87 on food and alcohol at Angolo Ristorante Italiano in Washington, DC, on April 20 just minutes after he slyly made off with her shoulder bag, charging documents from the US Attorney’s office of DC show.
Other images released Monday showed him snatching Noem’s bag — which had $3,000 cash and the DHS honcho’s ID and passport — from under her feet at the Capital Burger around 8 p.m., where she was enjoying an Easter dinner with family, according to the docs.
Bustamante-Leiva stayed at the red-sauce joint until about midnight, charging documents said, before leaving and falling asleep outside at a table. He remained there until about 7:30 a.m., authorities say.
Feds also accused Bustamante-Leiva of using the ill-gotten gains from other robberies in the area to buy Josh Cabernet Sauvignon wine.
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