Breaking News: Police catch the thief who stole a bucket full of gold, which was worth $ 1.6 million!

Julio Nivelo, 53, became famous for having stolen a bucket full of gold in broad daylight in New York City

Four months ago a man, just identified as Julio Nivelo, was filmed by a security camera while stealing a bucket full of gold. The 53-year-old can be seen in the video while walking in front of Rockefeller Center, a busy street in New York City. Realizing that the load of a truck has no supervision, Julio steals a bucket that, according to the city police, weighed around 86 pounds.

It is not known whether the racer knew that the vessel was full of gold bars, but valued at 1.6 million dollars, the guards of the armored truck - who were chatting in the front of the vehicle - quickly sought the lost merchandise, But it was in vain, for Julio was already lost in the crowd.

The event provoked worldwide curiosity and the images of the robbery were reproduced by hundreds of newsreels. The guards were fired and, at least at the beginning, the authorities assured that Nivelo had fled to the state of Florida, soon Los Angeles. This week, he was reported to have been caught in Ecuador, his home country, and Detective Martin Pastor called him "a thief, a professional thief."

Representatives of the New York police have not revealed how they found Julio's whereabouts and did not clarify whether they had recovered the gold. According to the portal DNA Info, the mission to recover the merchandise was nicknamed "Lucky Charm" internally, referring to the goblin's cereal hiding a cauldron full of gold.