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 leadership commented Saturday Both heists one in Tempe and another in Mesa were committed on May the Scottsdale Police Department stated All seven accused were arrested on Friday at a short-term rental where they were staying police commented 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 SOLE VIDEO DHS NABS NUMEROUS SUBJECTS 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 declared Bureaucrats in California shared the group's bicycle descriptions and other information with Arizona agents Scottsdale detectives eventually tracked the accused down to the short-term rental property police mentioned From May - officials watched the group and followed them to the burglarized homes on May police announced COLOMBIAN NATIONALS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DOZENS OF HOME BURGLARIES IN OREGON POLICE They observed all seven defendants coordinate and participate in burglary activity at both locations a police comment announced The subjects 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