Posted on 03/18/2022 10:13:28 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Law enforcement agencies call it "crime tourism" -- groups of thieves from South America traveling to California to burglarize homes.
Surveillance video released by Hillsborough police shows a burglary crew believed to be from South America targeting a luxury home. It's just one in a series of crimes involving burglars from out of the country, hitting homes in affluent communities up and down the state.
Earlier this month, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office arrested a four-man crew that robbed a home in a Camarillo neighborhood.
"This is crime tourism. They're coming here for the purpose of targeting neighborhoods," said Cmdr. Erik Buschow with the Ventura Sheriff's Office. "Specifically vehicles, homes. Not violent crimes, but they're going after the big bucks."
In the case in Camarillo, sheriff's deputies spotted the getaway car and gave chase all the way into Los Angeles. LAPD helped out in arresting the suspects.
Investigators say the crews will often wait for the homeowners to leave before moving in.
"They target homes that back up to golf courses and open space," Buschow said. "And they'll literally stand in the bushes and watch and when people leave, sometimes it's a two-hour window, they'll go out to dinner or something like that - they'll go in and pounce."
According to Ventura County sheriff's investigators, most of the "tourist burglary crews" are from Chile.
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Bet the idiots were so smug while pulling the lever for Biden!
I guess I would call it organized crime, or international crime. Shows how porous our Southern border is.
Open borders brought to you by Democrats and Assistant Democrats.
The gypsies aren’t going to like other “crews” horning in on their gig.
crime tourism, lmao
Whoa! Hillsborough and Atherton, both VERY upper class, and both VERY liberal. Hey, you all voted for it! Embrace the suck!
America is the worlds milk cow.
Moo
Well that’s a new wrinkle! They fly in from Chile on tourist visas and start robbing ritzy homes.
A guy by the name of George, not Washington, has his fingerprints all over this.
No surprise in this report; since Newsom and the LADA gave the state away to the criminals years ago. Suckers!!!!!
Stepping on the locals hunting grounds. Ingredients of a turf war.
These clowns probably give big political contributions to the politicians who made this happen.
Karma is sweet.
Whatever they lose is probably insured. They will still support open border policies because it helps ensure their gardener will continue to work cheap.
Yep!
It’s a good thing California is a really pro gun state.....oh wait.....
I have some family in Costa Rica. After spending just a little time there one is struck by how homes, even fairly poor ones, are built to defend against burglary. If there is any kind of ‘front yard’ it is behind a tall gated fence. Bars are on all the windows. There is razor wire installed on top of the fence. Back yard is surrounded by tall walls again topped with razor wire, or the more old school broken glass embedded in cement. Tall gates installed at the back of the house just in case.
Upon returning to America I realized how, with the exception of very high crime areas how open our houses look to someone from Latin America. You can walk right up to the front door! In many cases you can walk around to the back door. Easy pickings.
I predicted this!!!!
I knew that people would start visiting California just to shoplift in its stores.
Same thing in Atlanta, San Diego, Palm Springs, Los Angeles...
If criminal filth gets caught robbing or raping in California nothing happens to them.
So, why not? California’s issued the invitation...
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