{"id":375539,"date":"2026-06-26T06:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375539\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T06:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:57:16","slug":"irvine-police-announce-arrest-of-a-suspected-colombian-burglary-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375539\/","title":{"rendered":"Irvine police announce arrest of a suspected Colombian burglary ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Six South Americans, including four minors, have been arrested on suspicion of being part of a residential burglary crew that\u2019s hit at least 10 homes over the last year, Irvine police announced<\/a> Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The two adults, a man and a woman, both 32, were identified by authorities; the other four suspects are 17-year-old minors, so they were not named.<\/p>\n

Andres Zarate, Darlyn Alejandra Acosta Serrano, three male juveniles and one female minor from Colombia were booked Tuesday on burglary and conspiracy charges, according to Ziggy Azarcon, Irvine police public information officer.<\/p>\n

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Colombian national Darlyn Alejandra Acosta Serrano is arrested in Huntington Beach. She was among a group of six, including four teenagers, suspected of being part of a burglary ring.<\/p>\n

(Irvine Police Department)<\/p>\n

Zarate is being held at Santa Ana\u2019s Intake Release Center, according to inmate records; the location of the other five suspects was not available. Zarate and Acosta Serrano are due back in Orange County Superior Court on Friday; information on the status of the minors was not provided.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are dedicated to the safety of our community,\u201d Police Chief Michael Kent said in a statement. \u201cThis successful investigation sends a clear message to all that crime will not be tolerated here. We have the technology, resources, and expertise to find those who commit crimes in Irvine and ensure that they are held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether the six suspects constitute their own ring or are part of a larger group is unknown, Azarcon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of people associated with this case, but we believe they are the main suspects responsible for these burglaries,\u201d Azarcon said. \u201cIt\u2019s still a possibility there may be more.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also unknown whether the suspects are part of the \u201cburglary tourism\u201d trend, in which foreign nationals, particularly from South America, travel to the U.S. specifically for burglary. Suspects from Chile hit Pacific Palisades and East Hollywood <\/a>in 2024, police said.<\/p>\n

Seven Colombians were arrested in Burbank<\/a> in May 2025.<\/p>\n

Detectives are continuing an investigation that began weeks ago, Azarcon said, and are analyzing evidence to see whether the six are linked to additional crimes.<\/p>\n

Zarate was arrested at an apartment in Bellflower, while Acosta Serrano and the female minor were nabbed in a Huntington Beach apartment. The three remaining male juveniles were arrested in Los Angeles. Irvine police arrested all six.<\/p>\n

Irvine police said detectives used \u201cextensive surveillance and evidence gathering\u201d to lead them to the suspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six South Americans, including four minors, have been arrested on suspicion of being part of a residential burglary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[152129,766,50735,723,152130,6873,91146,88613,48,52,51,47,50,49,63,152132,5659,1459,152131,2131,88619],"class_list":["post-375539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-andres-zarate","tag-burglary","tag-conspiracy-charge","tag-crime","tag-darlyn-alejandra-acosta-serrano","tag-detective","tag-irvine-home","tag-irvine-police","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-male-juvenile","tag-minor","tag-part","tag-successful-investigation","tag-suspect","tag-ziggy-azarcon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}