Across America, law enforcement agencies are connecting the dots between burglaries on a countrywide crime spree carried out by South American theft groups, predominantly from Chile and Colombia.
Four Chilean men have been apprehended in connection with a string of burglaries targeting well-to-do homes in Pennsylvania, law enforcement revealed last weekend.
The men were seen on Friday evening in the Meadowbrook area of Abington, an affluent neighborhood that has seen a dozen homes burglarized since 2021, according to Abington Township Police Department.
Countrywide Crime Spree
These burglaries are not isolated incidents but are part of a countrywide crime spree carried out by South American thieves. These groups are known to infiltrate the U.S. with the sole aim of targeting high-end homes, the police explained.
During the summer, several law enforcement agencies throughout northern Illinois and Indiana worked together to develop cases against South American gang break-ins.
Arrest warrants charged Matias Fabian Gallardo, Esteban Alejandro Aguilera-Navarette and Simon Andres Tejo-Sandoval with two counts of residential burglary, two counts of criminal damage to property, two counts of criminal trespass to property and two counts of mob action.
All three subjects were reported to be a part of the South American Theft Group, police officials said.
Last year, a series of high-end burglaries targeting wealthy San Diego homeowners were the work of an organized crime ring operating out of South America, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
“This is a worrying trend,” Abington Police Lt. Steve Fink shared with local ABC6.
The suspects, Alvaro Javier Ganin, 36, Jorge Fabrizeo Sepulveda Alvarez, 34, Vaster Miller Guajardo Pedrero, 31, and Nicolas Andres Matus Lucero, 29, were pulled over by a detective who suspected their vehicle was surveying the neighborhood.
Their story of driving from California to Pennsylvania to visit a friend and find a restaurant didn’t hold up when some of the men were found with counterfeit identification cards, while others had none.
A search of the vehicle revealed a cache of burglary tools, including masks, gloves, flashlights, pry bars, a reciprocating saw, and a glass break tool. Photos and GPS directions to specific homes in the Meadowbrook neighborhood were also discovered.
The men were arrested and charged with attempted burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, possession of crime instruments, and loitering and prowling at nighttime. They are currently detained at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, awaiting their court appearance.
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Biden and his administration have and continue to commit treason on the citizens of the United States. Open boarders are allowing an invasion of our country. This is not being done by accident but on purpose. Our corrupt government is trying to force the collapse of every social service in the country. Then everything will be taken and controlled by the feds. Crime is just collateral damage.
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Sadly so true.
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I am glad to see that these four’s plans have gone askew. Their Christmas in the good old USA is wrecked, and let’s hope to see much more of this. It is a war of attrition; we must outlast those who expect to crush us. I couldn’t help thinking, gee, couldn’t someone have given them Obama’s address, or Pelosi’s, or just pick a name! That wouldn’t have gone over so well,,eh?
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Love “we must outlast those who expect to crush us…”
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