Posted on 03/18/2024 1:16:31 AM PDT by Libloather
The Los Angeles Police Department has launched a task force to try to crack down on 'burglary tourists' who use the US tourism visa system to commit crimes.
Cunning criminals from Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru target wealthy neighborhoods in places with relaxed criminal justice laws to conduct home burglaries - before returning home with the loot while out on bail.
The troubling trend of 'lanzas internacionales' - translated to 'international thieves' - dates back at least two years across America, while the problem has also reared its ugly head in the United Kingdom.
Authorities in Los Angeles announced the task force after a 17-year-old Chilean national was caught in Arizona following a series of jewel heists across the California city. The FBI set up its own task force to combat the thieves in 2022.
The suspect and his two accomplices - 32-year-old Grecia Romanduski Gaete Castillo and 23-year-old Sebastian Jesus Parraguez Soto, all from Chile - were taken into custody, where they admitted to breaking into several homes in the region.
In fact, the 17-year-old - who has not been identified because of their age - was initially arrested weeks earlier in the Los Angeles area with three other Chileans for robbing homes.
The teenager falsified Venezuelan identification and continuously got away from the LAPD by making excuses that his parents had left him alone in the country with a friend of the family.
He then disappeared after he was turned over to the child and family services unit.
Experts say the issue has been increasing over the past five years, as South Americans continue to use the tourist visa system to rob Americans.
Law enforcement experts say the foreign cells of professional burglars - mostly from Columbia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru - enter...
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But I thought Mayorkas said the border was secure!
Banks have safety deposit boxes available.
Keep voting Democrat.
Modern Immigration Poem.
Huddled masses. Teeming shore.
Take free stuff and steal some more.
Emma never meant this sh!t,
but here we are. Ransack and split!
Its wonderful Ca. has opened its doors to illegals by being a sanctuary State. It allows the police in other States to concentrate on more important matters. Newsom is doing a great job.
it’s OK because they’re only doing it to evil rich people.
Hahahaha. Maybe these wealthy smoothbrained LIB losers will wake up.
HOW ARE THEY GETTING THESE VISAS?
“He then disappeared after he was turned over to the child and family services unit.”
If only someone could have seen this coming.
The homeowner hiding in the toilet must be really flexible.
I have seen street performers in Vegas get in very small boxes, but not sure if even they they could fit in a toilet.
Is this from the Babylon Bee or is this from an actual government document? I never knew that in the United States of America, the government could be titled “the Biden govt”.
Either way, it is horrifying.
Its an actual govt document——I added the “Bidens” to emphasize the fact.
From the image: “Cops have found screwdrivers, power saws, and baklavas.”
I wonder if all the ‘baklavas’ made it back to the break, er, evidence room.
It must depend on the country! My wife is Filipino, and her fellow countrymen (and women) have a very difficult time getting a tourist visa to come visit.
It does. Theoretically it is based on overstay rates. These fine tourists are clearly model citizens of their respective countries as they return home with their loot.
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