Seven migrants from Chile have been charged in connection with a national spree of burglaries that have a speeching athletes victim, Including Travis Kelce And Patrick Mahomes, federal officials said Tuesday.
A federal criminal complaint Unsol to Tuesday reveals that, since October 2024, the migrants focus on athletes of the NFL and NBA – break into their homes while the players were gone in games.
According to the complaint, the suspects were members of a South -American theft group (SATG).
“In many circumstances, professional sports teams will publish their schedules and locations of their games, making it easy to know when a certain athlete will be away from his home in a certain professional sports team,” the complaint noted.
Bucks’ Bobby Portis reveals that Home was broken into during game versus Cavaliers
Suspects Pablo Zuniga Cartes, Ignacio Zuniga Cartes, Bastian Jimenez Freraut and a fourth individual pose with the stolen safe and jewelry taken shortly after a theft, the authorities said. (US Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida)
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The complaint adds four defendants to three previous suspects who are bound The national burglaries: Jordan Quiroga Sanchez, 22; Bastian Orellano Morales, 23; and Sergio Ortega Cabello, 38.
The four other defenders are Pablo Zuniga Cartes, 24; Ignacio Zuniga Cartes, 20; Alexander Huiguiil Chavez, 24; and Bastian Jimenez Freraut, 27.
In a photo released by the office of the American lawyers for the middle district of Florida, the suspects who pose with their stolen goods are seen. One suspect was seen in Kansas City Chiefs Parapernalia.
Bobby Portis van de Milwaukee Bucks during the semi -final of the NBA play -offs on 11 May 2022 in the TD garden in Boston. (Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty images)
Authorities said the photo was taken in the house of a Milwaukee Bucks player on November 2, 2024. Fox News Digital had previously reported That the home base of Bucks’ Bobby Portis was broken into on the same date.
“This is a place I considered at home,” wrote Portis in a social media post after the burglary in the house. “While I was at my game yesterday, I had a house invasion and they took most of my appreciated assets.”
The houses of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were broken into in October. (Imagn)
In other incidents on 5 and 7 October 2024, the complaint describes the burglary of two football players of Kansas City Chiefs. Fox News Digital previously reported That the houses of Mahomes and Kelce were broken into in October.
The complaint also states the burglaries of a Buccaneers player of Tampa Bay, a Cincinnati Bengals player and a player from Memphis Grizzlies. Details of the names of the players were not immediately available.
Jordan Quiroga Sanchez, 22, Bastian Orellana Morales, 23, and Sergio Ortega Cabello, 38, all of Chile, are charged in the burglary of Cincinnati Bengals Quarterback Joe Burrow’s house in December. (US Attorney’s Office)
The seven people were all accused of conspiracy to carry out the transport of stolen property. (US Attorney’s Office)
Tuesday’s complaint comes more than a week after the federal prosecutors mentioned three of the seven men as suspects in the burglary of NFL player Joe Burrow’s house.
The seven people were all accused of conspiracy to carry out the transport of stolen property. If convicted, each would be confronted with a maximum fine of 10 years in the federal prison.
Information about their lawyers in the federal case was not immediately available.
NFL Security Memo
In a memo obtained by the Associated Press, the NFL has issued a security warning to teams and the NFL Players Association, warning that professional athletes in different sports ‘are increasingly the target of burglaries by organized and competent groups’.
Legal enforcement officials said that the suspects have extensive supervision of the houses of their goals and even set as shelter or joggers. Some have even tried to have tried home deliveries.
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The memo encouraged players to take special precautions, including the installation of home security systems. They were also encouraged not to post live updates to their arrival and ins and outs on social media or to present their expensive items online.
Paulina Dedaj from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
