California Police Arrest Colombian ‘Burglary Tourists’ Twice in 2 Months

Published on May 24, 2024

Police in Glendale, California, arrested Colombian burglary suspects May 20 nearly three weeks after they arrested them for the same crime, the police department announced. Four suspects–Bryan Martinez Vargas, 28, Jose Antonio Velasquez, 28, Edison Arley Pinzon Fandino, 27, and Luis Carlos Moreno, 29—all in the U.S. from Colombia, were arrested at about 10:30 p.m. Monday in Glendale. Police suspect they are part of a crime scheme called “burglary tourism,” a growing trend in the United States. The operation involves citizens of South America who enter the U.S. under the false guise of tourism and then target affluent neighborhoods to commit burglaries....

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