Two arrested in connection with theft of Secretary Kristi Noem's bag

The Homeland Security chief had her handbag stolen as she was dining out in Washington with her family on Easter Sunday.

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Noem's bag was stolen on Easter Sunday while she was dining in a popular Washington DC restaurant.

On Saturday, police arrested 49-year-old Mario Bustamante Leiva.

And on Sunday the US Secret Service said it apprehended an alleged co-conspirator in Miami. CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, named the suspect as 51-year-old Cristian Rodrigo Montecino-Sanzanaat.

Bustamante Leiva was charged with robbery, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud.