Chileans arrested in California suburb days after LAPD forms task force to counter transnational crime ring

Police arrested three men from Chile on Friday in the quiet California suburban town of Irvine, just days after the Los Angeles Police Department formed a task force to address an international crime ring targeting luxury homes in the U.S. The arrests came after a recent spike in home robberies in Irvine, a relatively low crime area in Orange County that is about 40 miles south of Los Angeles.

Their arrest comes amid a rise in transnational crime groups entering the U.S. by taking advantage of a State Department travel program to case out affluent U.S. neighborhoods and ransack homes for profit. Last week, the Los Angeles Police Department formed a task force to counter these groups. The majority of participants in these gangs are coming from Chile, but law enforcement has seen nationals from other South American countries, including Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.

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