Federal authorities said they have busted up a massive theft operation run by illegal immigrants from Guatemala that targeted Home Depot stores along the Atlantic coast, stealing and re-selling power tools and other high-dollar items.
Shopping carts are parked outside a Home Depot in Philadelphia on Sept. 21, 2022. Federal authorities said they have busted up a massive theft operation run by illegal immigrants from Guatemala that targeted Home Depot stores along the Atlantic coast, …
Brendan Cullen, a Homeland Security Investigations agent, told the judge in the case that the gang showed “a pattern of brazen criminal activity.” The case is the latest in a series of high-profile shoplifting and theft cases attributed to illegal immigrants. Those cases are getting intense attention amid the Biden border migrant surge and concerns about crime, but the Guatemalan gang, operating since at least 2019, shows the issue predates President Biden.
The Washington Times has sought the men’s immigration history from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.In one theft in Boston on Dec. 8, 2022, several of the gang’s members entered a Home Depot and selected large cabinets still in their boxes. They cut open the boxes and stuffed the cabinets with high-value electrical wire, then resealed everything. They also took a bathtub out of its box, stuffed the box with wire and left the tub on the floor of the store.
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