{"id":2201934,"date":"2024-03-19T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-police-department-creates-task-force-to-combat-burglaries-led-by-latin-american-gangs\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:41:23","slug":"los-angeles-police-department-creates-task-force-to-combat-burglaries-led-by-latin-american-gangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-police-department-creates-task-force-to-combat-burglaries-led-by-latin-american-gangs\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Police Launch Special Unit to Tackle Burglaries Linked to Latin American Gangs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flos-angeles-police-department-creates-task-force-to-combat-burglaries-led-by-latin-american-gangs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2201934&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>LAPD\u200d Forms Elite Squad in Response to Home\u2064 Invasions by Latin\u200d American Gangs<\/h2>\n<p>In an urgent response to the spate of high-profile home invasions, the <strong>Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)<\/strong> \u200bhas unveiled\u200b a dedicated task\u2062 force aimed \u2064at cracking down on Latin American criminal groups ravaging the homes of Southern California&#8217;s wealthy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve seen a marked \u200dsurge in burglaries led by organized actors from abroad \u2062specifically zeroing in on luxury\u2063 residences,\u201d LAPD Chief Dominic Choi disclosed, pointing to a worrying trend reported by\u200b NBCLA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Joining forces with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-dead-including-officer-after-gunman-opens-fire-at-colo-grocery-store-suspect-in-police-custody\/\" title=\"10 dead including officer after gunman opens fire at Colo. grocery store, suspect in police custody\">fellow law enforcement agencies<\/a>, \u2062the \u200boperation is a multi-agency initiative\u2062 designed to stamp \u200dout the wave of international theft. <strong>LAPD&#8217;s cooperation extends across\u2063 county lines<\/strong>, uniting \u2064efforts with jurisdictions that have experienced similar pilfering patterns, including Orange, Ventura, San Diego, and Santa Barbara \u2064counties.<\/p>\n<h3>The International Intruders<\/h3>\n<p>Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton of the LAPD shared with\u2063 the Los Angeles Times that Chileans\u200b predominantly make up these\u2063 burglary bands, but a growing number from Peru, \u2062Ecuador, and Colombia\u2062 are joining their ranks. Despite overall robbery statistics showing \u200ba decline, the incidence of crimes by these specific \u200dgroups is skyrocketing.<\/p>\n<p>What makes these criminals particularly cunning is their use of tourist visas for entry into California. Lacking stringent background checks,\u2062 these\u200b visas serve as a golden ticket for thieves targeting the \u200bopulent.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 visa waiver program, initially intended to simplify tourist inflows from certain nations, has unintentionally eased the way for these opportunistic offenders to carry out their heists.<\/p>\n<h3>Battling &#8220;Burglary Tourism&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Regrettably, this is \u200dnot California&#8217;s maiden encounter with affluent abodes falling prey to overseas criminal bands. Coined as &#8220;burglary tourism&#8221;, the trend\u2014especially among Chilean culprits\u2014has escalated over\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-wokes-worth-and-why\/\" title=\"What Woke\u2019s Worth and Why\">past half-decade<\/a>, the Los Angeles Times \u2064has observed.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors like Orange\u200c County&#8217;s District Attorney\u200b Todd \u2063Spitzer have been vocal\u200d about the need for preventative strategies to thwart\u2064 criminals masquerading as\u200d tourists. However, without access to the\u2062 full criminal records of individuals entering California from Chile, proactive measures are stymied, according to\u200b reports.<\/p>\n<p>The task force formation underscores a significant pushback against this growing menace, aiming to \u2064not only apprehend the perpetrators \u2062but to also work collaboratively to plug the\u200d loopholes being exploited. <strong>As the LAPD intensifies its efforts<\/strong>, there is a silent promise of peace for homeowners who have been living under the shadow of this international threat.<\/p>\n<p>Concerned citizens are \u200durged to stay informed\u200b and support measures that bolster our state&#8217;s defenses against \u200dsuch sophisticated threats. The protection of\u200b California&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-suggests-woke-people-likely-to-be-unhappy-and-depressed\/\" title=\"Research indicates individuals with 'woke' views may be prone to unhappiness and depression\">communities remains paramount<\/a> as authorities\u2062 sharpen their resolve in the face of these challenging circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LAPD has initiated a task force to address a surge in high-end home burglaries by international groups. \u201cOrganized, foreign teams are targeting affluent households,\u201d says the department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2669,"featured_media":2201935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/636db3acbb837e97dd86164f16817060-1024x681.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/636db3acbb837e97dd86164f16817060-1024x681.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}