Lugo

If convicted, Mestanza, Padilla, Lugo, Valencia and Alban would face up to 20 years in federal prison for each robbery charge.

On July 10, Mestanza, Lugo and Alban allegedly scouted the Brink’s semitruck, which was loaded with 73 bags containing the jewelers’ wares, according to the indictment.

On March 2, 2022 — a little more than four months before the Brink’s episode — prosecutors alleged that Mestanza, Lugo, Valencia and others used multiple vehicles, including Padilla’s, to follow a truck carrying Samsung electronics from Ontario.

When the vehicle stopped at a store in Ontario, Mestanza, Lugo, Valencia and others allegedly distracted the driver inside the shop while some in the group stole the electronics, which were later valued at about $241,000.

Less than two weeks later, Lugo, Mestanza, Padilla, Valencia, Alban and others allegedly used similar tactics to follow and rob a box truck carrying Apple AirTags.