{"id":79767,"date":"2025-12-11T21:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/79767\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:32:14","slug":"fort-lauderdale-police-video-shows-men-linked-to-south-american-theft-group-stalking-colombian-soccer-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/79767\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale police video shows men linked to South American theft group stalking Colombian soccer players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Body-worn camera video exclusively obtained by Local 10 shows the moments police detained men accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/18\/suspects-accused-of-targeting-colombian-soccer-team-linked-to-south-florida-crime-rings\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/18\/suspects-accused-of-targeting-colombian-soccer-team-linked-to-south-florida-crime-rings\/\">following two members of the Colombian national soccer team<\/a> days before a big match in Fort Lauderdale against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2025\/12\/11\/video-de-la-policia-de-fort-lauderdale-muestra-a-hombres-vinculados-al-grupo-sudamericano-de-robos-acechando-a-futbolistas-colombianos\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2025\/12\/11\/video-de-la-policia-de-fort-lauderdale-muestra-a-hombres-vinculados-al-grupo-sudamericano-de-robos-acechando-a-futbolistas-colombianos\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The men are now linked to the notorious crime ring known as the South American Theft Group, or SATG.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The soccer team members told Fort Lauderdale police they called after noticing a black SUV following them following an iPhone purchase at the Galleria mall in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In the video, a Fort Lauderdale police officer can be heard asking the driver a series of questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAre you aware that the registration of your vehicle expired? Is this your vehicle?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to a police report, the men couldn\u2019t give a straight answer about where they rented the car or provide their names or dates of birth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s actually a national security threat,\u201d the officer can be heard saying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An agent with U.S. Border Patrol arrived a short time later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Stuffed in duffel bags and concealed under seats, law enforcement said they found multiple pairs of gloves and screwdrivers, suspected to be burglary tools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to U.S. Border Patrol, two of the three detained men \u2014 Juan Cruz Rodriguez and Edison Fonseca Montana \u2014 are in the United States illegally from Colombia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a statement to Local 10, a Border Patrol spokesperson wrote in part:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBoth illegal aliens have extensive criminal records in the U.S., to include grand theft, robbery and burglary. The illegal aliens were processed for removal and were detained in federal custody. After further investigation, it was determined that the two illegal aliens are suspected members of the South American Theft Group (SATG). The investigation remains ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">SATG has been linked to burglaries at high-profile sports players\u2019 homes, including those of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Federal authorities say members use fake IDs to rent cars and carry out their crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Body-worn camera video exclusively obtained by Local 10 shows the moments police detained men&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-79767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}