A new video circulating on social networks shows the moment in which the Louvre Museum assailants leave the building with the help of a forklift and then flee.
Mexico City, October 23 (However).- Several days after the historic robbery that took place in the Louvre Museum in Paris, Franceduring which several jewels from the imperial period of Napoleonnew information about the case has come to light, as well as a video which shows the moment when the thieves They leave the premises.
He video in question began to circulate through social networksand in this it is possible to observe how the perpetrators of the assaultcovered their faces with hoods, used a forklift to enter and exit the museofrom which they would have obtained loot with an estimated value between 88 and 102 million euros.
The new material, barely half a minute long, joins other images that have been revealed in previous days, which have made it possible to reconstruct the robbery that, it is estimated, would have taken seven minutes to complete.
This was the escape of the thieves from the Louvre museum via the escalator that they placed outside the museum on Mitterrand Street on the banks of the Seine in Paris.
The robbery is valued at at least 88 million euros according to the French Prosecutor’s Office.
The director of the Museum… pic.twitter.com/CSJUIFM3S8
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According to the information collected so far, the assailants, posing as maintenance workers, used the forklift to climb a window on the south façade of the Louvre to enter it and then begin extracting the jewels.
After a few minutes, the hooded men left the historic building with the help of the same forklift and began to flee the place using scooters, as a witness was heard saying about what happened in the most recent video that came to light.
It had previously been reported that those responsible had arrived at the museum between 09:30 and 09:40 on Sunday, October 19, in addition to using small chainsaws to break the windows and access the items, and immediately fled.
They walked into Louvre Museum at 9:30 a.m.
Used a crane. Smashed a window.
Stole the French crown jewels in 4 minutes.
No violence. Just precision.
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Medium sources The Parisian They reported that two men assaulted the first two rooms of the gallery, that of Napoleon and that of the French Sovereigns, where they allegedly stole nine pieces from the jewelry collection of Napoleon and the Empress Josephine: a necklace, a brooch and a tiara among them. However, the famous Regent, the largest diamond in the collection, weighing more than 140 carats, was not stolen.
According to police information, one of the jewels was found outside, the crown of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, the wife of Napoleon III, which was damaged.
Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture of France, regretted that the thieves obtained loot “of incalculable value” and stated that “organized crime now has works of art in its sights, and museums have become targets”, which is why she considered that “museums will have to be adapted to these new forms of crime, because those who have done this are professionals.”
-With information from Europa Press