3 Members of ‘Burglary Tourism’ Crew Sentenced for SoCal Home Break-In
Published on July 2, 2024
VISTA, Calif.—Three men who local prosecutors say were part of a foreign burglary crew that broke into a Carlsbad home were sentenced Monday, July 1, to state prison terms. Prosecutors say the defendants, who hail from Chile and Italy, operated much like other foreign theft groups whose members enter the U.S. through the ESTA Visa Waiver program, then target homes in wealthy neighborhoods. San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said in a statement that the case was “part of a crime spree that has plagued our nation where organized criminal rings, often with criminal records in their own country, are given a visa to the United States that they use to commit burglary tourism.”...