“We’d heard Japan’s sentences are light” say foreign travelers arrested for Tokyo robberies
Pair of thieves broke into house in Tokyo one day after arriving in Japan. On August 21, 24-year-old Chilean national Pinya Guzman and his 33-year-old countryman Mansano Quesad arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on a flight from Australia. The pair were quite busy for the next few days, pulling a smash-and-grab robbery in a luxury […]
Two Chilean men, Pinya Guzman and Mansano Quesad, arrived in Tokyo on August 21 and committed a robbery in a high-end watch shop on August 25. They then fled to Osaka and were arrested on August 27 after breaking into a house in Tokyo’s Ota Ward the day before. The pair admitted to the break-in and claimed they didn’t choose the target beforehand.
Instead, they spotted someone driving away from a house in a wealthy area and followed them to rob the residence. Quesad stated that they heard from Chile that sentences are light in Japan, which motivated their actions. Theft in Japan can result in up to 10 years imprisonment, and the death penalty exists, unlike in Chile. The men are now facing multiple charges in Japan due to the high-value nature of the burglary, which could lead to additional rearrests and extended incarceration.
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