Regulation enforcement in Central Florida has uncovered a classy South American theft ring working underneath the guise of “landscapers,” focusing on Asian-owned properties and companies throughout the state.
Based on FOX 35 Orlando, a number of police companies tracked an organized Colombian crime group accused of casing properties and executing a collection of professional-style burglaries.
5 suspects, all Colombian nationals within the U.S. illegally, have been arrested after certainly one of their robberies was caught dwell on a police drone digicam.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed the 5 arrested are actually within the Osceola County Jail on ICE detainers.
The suspects, Wendy Farias-Suarez, Johan Beltran-Prieto, Laura Pedraza-Sarmiento, Julio Lozano-Trujillo, and Elkin Cubillos-Jimenez, face costs of housebreaking, grand theft, and legal mischief.
Police say the crew belongs to a bigger Colombian community identified for focusing on Asian householders and small enterprise homeowners in Florida. Their strategies have been calculated and chillingly organized, usually spending weeks staking out victims’ properties.
Investigators say the thieves disguised themselves as on a regular basis neighbors, even dribbling basketballs exterior properties to keep away from suspicion, whereas secretly putting in path cameras in timber to watch when householders have been away.
On October 20, a police drone captured the group in motion close to Mills and State Street 50 in Orlando.
Two males, posing as landscapers in straw hats and denims, approached a residence owned by Asian householders whereas the remainder of the crew acted as lookouts. They broke by the again door, crammed trash luggage with stolen items, and fled the scene.
Deputies later recovered 4 Louis Vuitton purses price $11,100, designer footwear, and $10,000 in money.
Sufferer Le Trinh, proprietor of SNS Spa Nail Provide, stated she was adopted and surveilled for weeks earlier than her dwelling was damaged into on her birthday.
BREAKING: Florida police simply busted a COLOMBIA THEFT RING run by unlawful aliens, disguised as “landscapers.”
“5 suspects now sit in jail…ALL 5 are Colombian nationals within the US illegally with ICE detainers.”
“This Colombian crime ring had FAKE uniforms and detailed maps… pic.twitter.com/I9CYV11ckL
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 24, 2025
