Chilean Burg Crews

[ten ocho recon scout]

Anyone heard of this? Chileans (mostly, but a mix of South American) burglary crews that are wreaking absolute havoc in SoCal?

These guys are absolutely fucking pros. As a professional in what I do, I have to give credit where it's due. These guys are beyond fucking organized. And we (Law Enforcement) are nowhere closer to figuring them out and stopping them today than we were 5 or 6 years ago when we first started noticing.

For the past 5 years or so I lectured people on getting cameras for their homes. "They're dirt cheap now, no excuse" I'd say.

Doesn't matter. They really don't stop anyone except for amateurs. 

Best advice I can give anyone here.

Get a dog for your house (but they've beaten that). Get a safe for your really expensive stuff (but they've beaten that). Get an alarm (that too). Lock your windows when you aren't home (ditto).

Don't own anything valuable, basically. 

[Tank]

What is it they do? Readers digest version is fine. 

[JAHV76]

That group has been targeting homes in Yorba Linda a lot recently 

[Jason]

9 hours ago, Tank said:

What is it they do? Readers digest version is fine. 

Steal a lot of shit and get away with it 

[gotbeer]

Time to invade Chile.  Or at least have a Chili cookoff.

[cals]

My neighborhood is too shitty for these wetbacks to target.

[Lou]

 

 

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

11 hours ago, Tank said:

What is it they do? Readers digest version is fine. 

Super professional burglars. 

Not sure how much of it is myth, because we've never caught one (my agency), just get a bunch. Anaheim caught 3 on Wednesday, while we were working one that just happened like a mile away. (We assum they're related but can't prove it).

Essentially, and again I don't know how much of this is myth or not, but it's the info we're getting..

They legit have dispatchers. And they do their homework on people well before hand. They've caught these guys with flight tracker apps on their phones so they know when the airship is up and when it's not. 

And they use trackers a lot.

The one we took on Wednesday (that we literally missed them by 2 minutes, per video, in a neighborhood that only had one way in.... so we're pissed) was an old Asian dude (super rich) that goes to the casinos a lot. I'm sure they followed him a few weeks ago at least. Threw a simple tracker from Amazon on his car.... waited until he was back out at Commerce, boom.

In and out of his house in ten minutes. Over 100K in jewelry stolen.

I had another one about 3 months ago. Really alert Asian chick (they always get targetted) bought a freaking $10K purse from South coast plaza. Noticed a weird guy drive past her in the lot, then u turned and followed her out.

She tried to lose him on the freeway and he stayed with her for a good 5 miles. She called us, he lost her but we found him like a block away heading back to the freeway. 

When we stopped him he had 2 other guys sitting in the back seat. No ID on any of them, and the fancy gadget we have to identify people didn't recognize any of them, so they've never been documented by anyone.

They were smart enough to not just rob her in the parking lot. They were going to find out where she lived, so they could get all the other $10K purses.

These guys are good.

[cals]

I’ll laugh when they mark @gotbeer and don’t find anything hut dirty hiking boots once they get into his house.

[ten ocho recon scout]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/a-vast-burglary-ring-from-chile-has-been-targeting-wealthy-us-households/amp

 

That's a good article.

Few things that stand out in it. The part where it mentions they target homes near gold courses and things like that. We definitely get them in houses off of green belts. The other part I noted is where it mentions second story windows.

We kept seeing that for a few years, and assumed it was the same guy or guys. And whoever that guy was was great. No alarm. Always when people were out.

It's funny now that all this has come out, looking back on the past few years and seeing what it was. Like the article said, most PDs at first just assumed it was local burglars. Now were seeing its way beyond that

[cals]

2 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/a-vast-burglary-ring-from-chile-has-been-targeting-wealthy-us-households/amp

 

That's a good article.

Few things that stand out in it. The part where it mentions they target homes near gold courses and things like that. We definitely get them in houses off of green belts. The other part I noted is where it mentions second story windows.

We kept seeing that for a few years, and assumed it was the same guy or guys. And whoever that guy was was great. No alarm. Always when people were out.

It's funny now that all this has come out, looking back on the past few years and seeing what it was. Like the article said, most PDs at first just assumed it was local burglars. Now were seeing its way beyond that

We should all go down to Chile and fuck a bunch of their chicks and then come home.  You know, for like payback.

[ten ocho recon scout]

19 minutes ago, cals said:

We should all go down to Chile and fuck a bunch of their chicks and then come home.  You know, for like payback.

I mean, all their guys are up here. Fish in a barrel, my friend.

[Redondo]

21 minutes ago, cals said:

We should all go down to Chile and fuck a bunch of their chicks and then come home.  You know, for like payback.

You might be onto something 

http://beauty-around.com/en/tops/item/1147-most-beautiful-chilean-women

[cals]

17 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I mean, all their guys are up here. Fish in a barrel, my friend.

And even if they were still there, this is our competition:

[Taylor]

I'm sure they'll disappear eventually like MS-13 did once it was no longer a political talking point.

[cals]

11 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I'm sure they'll disappear eventually like MS-13 did once it was no longer a political talking point.

MS-13 didn’t disappear.  What the hell are you talking about?

[ten ocho recon scout]

49 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I'm sure they'll disappear eventually like MS-13 did once it was no longer a political talking point.

MS-13 hasn't gone anywhere.

[gotbeer]

3 hours ago, cals said:

I’ll laugh when they mark @gotbeer and don’t find anything hut dirty hiking boots once they get into his house.

Those things are valuable.

 

To me.

[gotbeer]

3 hours ago, cals said:

I’ll laugh when they mark @gotbeer and don’t find anything hut dirty hiking boots once they get into his house.

BTW.  I just bought another pair of hiking boots on sale.  I love Merrells.  Especially when they are on sale.

[Brandon]

3 hours ago, Redondo said:

You might be onto something 

http://beauty-around.com/en/tops/item/1147-most-beautiful-chilean-women

Gross elbows

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Those things are valuable.

 

To me.

Funny enough

If there's one thing that's always shitty it's going to people's homes that got broken into. 

And it's always the same thing.

 

The jewelry taken from the one I went to this week was super valuable, over 100K. But the bigger part was it was the guys dead wife.

You see that a lot.... thieves steal shit, and forgetting the dollar value is the sentimental value.

I hate thieves with a passion.

[gotbeer]

5 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

 

The one we took on Wednesday (that we literally missed them by 2 minutes, per video, in a neighborhood that only had one way in.... so we're pissed) was an old Asian dude (super rich) that goes to the casinos a lot. I'm sure they followed him a few weeks ago at least. Threw a simple tracker from Amazon on his car.... waited until he was back out at Commerce, boom.

 

It makes you wonder how many of these high limit rooms at card clubs and casinos are being scouted.  There are enough Degens in them to think that even the amateurs are on the watch.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Gross elbows

[Brandon]

20 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

It makes you wonder how many of these high limit rooms at card clubs and casinos are being scouted.  There are enough Degens in them to think that even the amateurs are on the watch.

All the time. I know players that play high limits, ballers, high net worth folks that usually keep a box there at the casino/cardroom cage so they don't have to walk around with a bunch of cash. If they win, they just have the casino wire them the funds within the next couple days. Or, they will wire in money or some will take markers from the casino so they don't even bring in any money.

I never played nosebleed stakes, but even midlevels had to be careful leaving Commerce, Hollywood Park, Hustler, or Hawaiian Gardens as it felt like there was always a story circulating the floor about someone getting robbed or something in the news about someone getting robbed or murdered.

But it would be simple as most of the big money play in a certain section or private rooms. Just look in there to see who's who.

[Tank]

So I wonder how places like Vegas or Atlantic City handle the people who win big? Wiring the money like Brandon mentioned would seem to make the most sense.