Gangs of “burglary tourists” from South America are increasingly exploiting U.S. temporary visas that don’t require background checks to fly into Los Angeles and rob mansions, then flee back to their home countries with the valuables, police officials in the Los Angeles Police Department said.
A total of 94 burglaries were attributed to residents of Chile, Ecuador, Columbia, and Peru in just one part of L.A. in 2023, according to LAPD officials.
