This shirt was valued with great sentimental and economic value. I know the details.
On Monday, March 20, 2017, the FBI and authorities of the National Football League (NFL) confirmed one of the most unusual robberies in the history of this sport. This event occurred after the final of the Super Bowl LI by a Mexican journalist, in charge of covering the event for 13 years uninterruptedly.
The theft involved Tom Brady’s jersey, a piece of clothing that had disappeared after the Super Bowl LI final in the victory against the Seattle Seahawks in 2015and with a high value. I know the details.
Tom Brady
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How Tom Brady’s jersey was stolen
The journalist Mauro Ortega, former director of the newspaper “La Prensa”was accredited for the event in Houston in February 2017 and took the New England Patriots MVP jersey. That would not be the only time that Ortega stole an object from the champions’ locker room.
The police found Tom Brady’s jersey, missing after the final of Super Bowl XLIX in the victory against the Seattle Seahawks in 2015.
As Ortega’s colleagues revealed, It was common for the journalist to take certain objects as souvenirs.such as helmets and jerseys, for the players to autograph. Even though this practice is prohibited, the players did it reluctantly.
What happened to the Mexican journalist Mauricio Ortega
The former director of the newspaper “La Prensa” He resigned from his position due to “personal matters”. By then it had become a collector of Super Bowl-related valuablesan event which it had been covering uninterruptedly for 13 years.
On March 12, the police carried out a raid on your home in the state of Mexico, where several objects were recovered: among them, the jersey that Brady wore.
That garment is valued at USD 500 thousandso the investigation was much deeper than on other occasions.
Source: Ambito
I’m a recent graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism. I started working as a news reporter for 24 Hours World about two years ago, and I’ve been writing articles ever since. My main focus is automotive news, but I’ve also written about politics, lifestyle, and entertainment.
