Police tracked down a group of Chilean illegal immigrants suspected of involvement in a series of robberies in the southern and east coast of the United States as well as criminal organizations in Central and South America.
Five immigrants were arrested on the night of February 3 after robbing a home in Reisterstown, Maryland, while fleeing in a car, Baltimore County police said. Said.
Upon further investigation, police identified 20-year-old Gabriel Matamara-Ponce, 21-year-old Tomas Crisosto-Araya, 22-year-old Jorge Gatica-Vergara, 23-year-old Luis Oyanedel-Valenzuela, and the 27-year-old suspect. I discovered that. Gabriel Miranda Gonzalez, 0, is suspected of involvement in four other residential burglaries in Baltimore County, as well as incidents in North Carolina, Alabama and Oklahoma.
Officials added that the suspects are “believed to be members of the South American Theft Group (SATG).”
All suspects were charged with attempted first-degree robbery and various other robbery-related crimes and are being held as immigration detainees in Baltimore County, Fox News reported. report.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has determined that Crisosto Araya, Gatica Vergara, Miranda Gonzalez, and Oyanedel Valenzuela are all legally unimmigrants. He told the same media that he entered the country but determined that he had entered the country illegally. We overstayed their welcome.
The agency added that the fifth suspect, Matamara Ponce, entered the country completely illegally.
According to the Orange County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office, arrest warrants were issued on February 28 for Crisosto-Araya, Gatica-Vergara, Oyanedel-Valenzuela, and Matamara-Ponce on unrelated robbery charges.
Miranda Gonzalez had already been arrested in Orange County, Florida, on petty theft charges in 2022, but was released after paying a fine.
When it comes to ICE immigration detainees, local and state authorities are required to notify the federal agency “prior to releasing a non-citizen from custody,” according to Fox News.
