Seven men charged for alleged roles in robberies targeting Burrow, Mahomes, other athletes' homes
Federal prosecutors have charged seven Chilean men for their alleged roles in a string of high-profile robberies targeting the homes of professional athletes.
The individuals — Pablo Zuniga Cartes, Ignacio Zuniga Cartes, Bastian Jimenez Freraut, Jordan Quiroga Sanchez, Bastian Orellano Morales, Alexander Huiaguil Chavez, and Sergio Ortega Cabello — are members of a South American Theft Group, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in Tampa on Tuesday. The group members range in age from 20 to 38. They were charged with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, according to the complaint.
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Each person faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
The group allegedly stole valuables worth over $2 million from athletes' homes while they were away or playing in games at the time of the invasions. The complaint includes a photo of three of the men — Pablo Zuniga Cartes, Ignacio Zuniga Cartes and Freraut — and a fourth individual whose identity is redacted posing with a damaged safe and several watches allegedly stolen from the home of Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis Jr. The photo is timestamped Nov. 2, 2024, according to the criminal complaint.
The following day, Portis posted a video on X saying his home was burglarized the night before while he was playing in a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Portis also posted a video showing two people trying to enter his front door. The individuals were dressed in similar outfits and one of them carried a backpack.
On Dec. 9, 2024, the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was robbed while the Bengals were playing the Dallas Cowboys in Texas. Items valued at around $300,000, including designer luggage, watches and jewelry, were stolen, per the complaint. Cabello rented a vehicle in South Florida with a fraudulent Argentinean ID and used the car in the burglary, the complaint said.
On Feb. 5, a federal grand jury in Cincinnati charged Cabello, Sanchez and Morales in connection to the burglary of Burrow's home.
Tuesday's complaint also links the group of Chilean men to home invasions of Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce and players for the Memphis Grizzlies and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Earlier this month, the FBI announced it would spearhead a coordinated, nationwide operation to investigate burglaries targeting professional athletes. The FBI said members of South American Theft Groups (SATG) orchestrated the burglaries, and the bureau had arrested two men who they said ran East Coast operations to resell stolen goods.
(Photo of Joe Burrow: Katie Stratman / Imagn Images)
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