Two suspects in the Louvre jewel heist have "partially" admitted their participation and are believed to be the men who forced their way into the world's most-visited museum, a Paris prosecutor said Wednesday.

Laure Beccuau told a news conference that the two suspects face preliminary charges of theft committed by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy.

It took thieves less than eight minutes to steal the jewels worth an estimated $143 million Cdn on Oct. 19, shocking the world.

One suspect is a 34-year-old Algerian national who has been living in France since 2010, Beccuau said. He was arrested Saturday night at Charles de Gaulle airport as he was about to fly to Algeria with no return ticket. He was living in Paris's northern suburb of Aubervilliers and was known to police mostly

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