Seven members of a South American crime gang have been charged for a series of burglaries that met a whole series of sports stars such as Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes – and new report has unveiled the mistakes they made that caused them to be caught.
According to an FBI document obtained by ESPN, the accused thieves took photos with stolen items and placed them on an iCloud site for others to see.
In particular, the FBI has obtained photos that show three of the alleged burglars, along with a non -created fourth man, with watches that are assumed from the house of Milwaukee Bucks player Bobby Portis Jr.
Allegedly, the FBI was able to access the iCloud account with a house search order, and ESPN said that the existence of the selfies 'largely' is the reason that they are in federal detention.
Moreover, some of the suspects also raised eyebrows when they were persuaded in January, after they reportedly robbed the house of the Quarterback Joe Burrow from Bengals.
When asked by a police officer where they went, the men – who did not spoke English and were in a rental car – 'Orlando' responded.
A photo shows three of the charged gangsters who pose with jewelry that is assumed to have been taken from the house of NBA star Bobby Portis Jr.
Travis Kelce belonged to a whole series of athletes that were believed to be the target of the group
However, the officer informed them that they were going in the wrong direction. A passenger in the back then said they went to New York before he returned his answer to Florida.
The men were arrested after officers had searched the car and found a crust and 'shocks', while video from the stop also shows that the officer pulled some look to be Burrow's items – such as a LSU T -shirt – From the trunk.
FBI officials later followed the registration number of the rental car and found that it had been in Cincinnati, while they also used cell tower data to determine that at least one of the defendants had been in the rental car.
In addition to Kelce, Burrow and Mahomes, Luka Doncic and Olivier Giroud are also the target.
The valuable items stolen by the seven men are worth $ 3 million.
In a photo released by the Ministry of Justice, three of the defendants – Pablo Zuniga Cartes, 24, Ignacio Zuniga Cartes, 20, and Bastian Jimenez Freraut, 27, Heel Chile – can be seen with a safe and jewelry authorities Saying that authorities saying was shortly after the burglary portis Jr.
It was said that the safe has various watches, chains, cash and other personal articles, in total almost $ 1.5 million.
Four men suspected of raiding Joe Burrow's house is said to have been stated in his jewelry afterwards
The other men accused of the burglaries are Jordan Quiroga Sanchez, 22, Bastian Orellano Morales, 23, Alexander Huiguil Chavez, 24, and Sergio Ortega Cabello, 38, and if found guilty, the men each compared to 10 years in prison .
In the complaint, released to the public on Tuesday, an FBI Special Agent stated: “It is also important that P. Zuniga Cartes is taking a shirt from Kansas City Chiefs on the photo.”
He said he believes that it refers to the burglaries of October 2024 of Kelce and Mahomes, who made the headlines throughout America.
The FBI has also connected the seven men to the burglary of an unnamed Tampa Bay Buccaneers player, while the team played against the Baltimore Ravens, in which the thieves reportedly stolen $ 167,000 in luxury goods.
Three of the defendants are also confronted with charges in Ohio in connection with the burglary in December 2024 aimed at Bengals' Quarterback Burrow.
The complaint claims that the burglars had 'a clear and consistent modus operandi' who started identifying the sportswoman's schedule if they were gone from the building.
