FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man suspected in a six-figure jewelry heist at a Weston home in November was captured in the Midwest in late March and was extradited to South Florida over the weekend, authorities said.
Broward Sheriff’s Office documents state that Jose Elias Barrozo-Espinosa, 38, is also known as Fabian Eliseo Llancavil Nahuel.
Under that name, police in the wealthy Indianapolis suburb of Zionsville, Indiana arrested him after using a drone to track him down on March 21.
Zionsville police said he was spotted in a neighborhood and had “a window punch and rubber gloves, items commonly associated with burglary activity.”
BSO deputies extradited Barrozo-Espinosa from the Boone County, Indiana jail on Sunday, records show.
Deputies said the native of Chile left blood behind at the Weston scene on Nov. 8, proving crucial to identifying him.
According to an arrest warrant, at the Weston home, “unknown suspects” shattered a master bedroom window and got in, stealing a safe containing roughly $500,000 in gold and jewelry.
DNA evidence taken from blood left on a shade near the shattered window and on the floor came back to Barrozo-Espinosa.
An Indianapolis news outlet reports that Barrozo-Espinosa also has a warrant out of Texas and that the case is linked to “similar cases of South American gangs targeting suburban homes.”
Several other Chilean nationals have been accused of burglarizing homes nationwide, including those belonging to professional athletes.
The BSO arrest warrant doesn’t identify the homeowner, whose address was redacted.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Barrozo-Espinosa was being held in the BSO Main Jail on a $200,000 bond and an immigration hold.
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