A man wanted in a $2 million burglary ring targeting a Weston community was extradited to Broward following his arrest in Indiana, records show.
Jose Elias Barrozo-Espinoza, 38, was booked into Broward’s main jail on Sunday on charges including burglary with damage and grand theft, records showed.
Barrozo-Espinoza, who according to records has an alias of Fabian Eliseo Llancavil Nahuel, had been arrested back on March 21 by police in Zionsville, Indiana.
Zionsville Police said officers were investigating a report of a man dressed in black running through backyards in a neighborhood and used a drone to help take him into custody.
Drone video shows the arrest of a Broward burglary suspect in Indiana.
According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest warrant, Barrozo-Espinoza was wanted in connection with the Nov. 8, 2025, burglary in Weston.
Police say he was not acting alone
The home was burglarized by suspects who broke a glass window and removed a safe containing about $500,000 worth of gold and jewelry, the warrant said.
The victim wasn’t home, but found her master bedroom ransacked and safe removed.
Blood was found near the shattered window, and DNA testing showed it belonged to Barrozo-Espinoza, the warrant said.
Barrozo-Espinoza’s bond was set at $200,000, but he had an immigration hold, Broward jail records showed.
Part of something bigger
The City of Weston said Barrozo-Espinoza is believed to be part of a larger, highly organized operation from South America that targets high-end homes.
In a release, the city said homeowners in the Windmill Ranch neighborhood had been targeted “by a sophisticated group of thieves who carried out residential burglaries with losses of more than $2 million.”
Released by the city of Weston.
How did they do it?
BSO detectives said the group conducted “detailed surveillance of their victims” before breaking into homes, where they would “target safes to steal cash and jewelry.”
Pictures shared by investigators show Wi-Fi jammers, two-way radios, and other tools the group allegedly used to commit the burglaries, authorities said.
The 911 call that led to an arrest
With the arrests of Barrozo-Espinoza and Daniel Osorio-Valencia, along with four others detained on unrelated charges, BSO believes it has put a stop to the crime spree, though the investigation remains ongoing.
Osorio-Valencia was arrested in December after two suspects attempted to burglarize a home in the same community.
“The alert homeowner called 911 after receiving an alert on his phone. BSO deputies responded and captured one of the suspects, Osorio-Valencia,” the City of Weston said.