7 members of South American theft group arrested for Phoenix burglaries

Seven members of a South American Theft Group SATG were arrested Friday for their involvement in two Phoenix-area burglaries officials declared Saturday Both heists one in Tempe and another in Mesa were committed on May the Scottsdale Police Department revealed All seven individuals were arrested on Friday at a short-term rental where they were staying police announced Scottsdale Police were alerted to the group on May by the Burbank Police Department in California They were warned about a SATG group from Colombia that had allegedly committed burglaries in California Oregon and Washington and were possibly headed to Arizona SPECIFIC VIDEO DHS NABS NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS IN DRAMATIC STING OF RIVAL LA GANGSAmong the stolen property in California was a French Bulldog which will be given back to its owner police explained Administration in California shared the group's bicycle descriptions and other information with Arizona officers Scottsdale detectives eventually tracked the persons down to the short-term rental property police reported From May - agents watched the group and followed them to the burglarized homes on May police disclosed COLOMBIAN NATIONALS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DOZENS OF HOME BURGLARIES IN OREGON POLICE They observed all seven persons of interest coordinate and participate in burglary activity at both locations a police announcement announced The accused were identified as Nicolas Rojas Leon Joan Sebastian Orozco-Vargas Andres David Sanchez-Novoa Natalia Isabella Ortiz-Daza Martha Juliana Echiverri-Guzman Lady Johanna Gueito and -year-old Angie Paola Herandez-Manrique Each suspect was ordered held in the Maricopa County Jail pending numerous criminal charges on cash-only bonds