2024-04-08 04:19:31
The objective is to stop the wave of crimes that have occurred in recent weeks, where the perpetrators are mainly Chilean.
The police of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States, confirmed that they created a specialized team to investigate and suppress robberies of luxury homes, committed in a high percentage by Chilean criminals.
The above, after the authorities of this country expressed their concern after a series of robberies at luxurious residences in that city perpetrated by antisocials of Chilean origin, many of whom traveled to the United States thanks to the Visa Waiver program.
After a series of reports of robberies that affected very well-off people, the victims demanded that their police take action. more drastic measures to prevent these crimes.
As a result of the above, the police confirmed that created the specialized team that has already begun to work to arrest criminals.
How Chilean thieves act
Atherton Police Chief Steve McCoulley explained the modus operandi of Chilean thieves.
In this way, he indicated that “They work by entering through the main room, where people keep their most valuable things. It doesn’t matter if they are on the first or second floor, since they break the windows because they generally do not have sensors. They come and go in less than ten minutes.“.
Meanwhile, the police chief of Scottdale in Arizona, Jeff Walther, recalled that “Chileans came here legally with the Visa Waiver program. “That’s how these groups are coming in now.”
For his part, Todd Spitzer, chief prosecutor of Orange County, stated that “these individuals who have been involved in criminal activities placed on application documents to visit the United States that go to theme parks, such as Disneyworld“.
He then explained that “In September 2022 alone, more than 200 Chileans were arrested in the United States. In a single month“.
Background check
One of the aspects most questioned by the American police is the electronic travel authorization system in the Visa Waiverwhich should provide the applicants’ police records.
The issue is, as explained by former ambassador Samuel Fernández, that If at the time of traveling the national criminal does not have a criminal record, nothing will appear in the report.
In that sense, Spitzer claimed that “Today the Chilean government is not providing the criminal background of Chileans who apply online to the Visa Waiver program“.
According to information from the United States, the last robbery committed by Chilean criminals occurred last week. In that occasion, four compatriots entered to rob houses in a luxurious neighborhood of Hollywood, in California.