KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One week after high end burglaries targeting Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, FOX4 is learning who could be behind them. “This is a sophisticated operation, it’s not some guy that’s going down to the local pawn shop,” said Security expert Mike Barbieri.
It appears to be a highly intelligent crime ring. This is related to the video FOX4 showed you last week, where burglars hit another high-end home in the metro and stole more than $500,000 in jewelry.
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Multiple sources confirmed with FOX4 that police believe the thieves behind these high-end burglaries are members of a South American crime ring. “It doesn’t surprise me at all that this crime spree that is going across the entire country is designed by some very sophisticated people in somewhat of a cartel,” Barbieri said. Barbieri is a security expert who’s worked with the federal government in law enforcement and has run security detail in more than 20 countries.
“If you have a particular individual that’s an athlete, a wealthy CEO, you can find out just about anything you need to find out about these people online,” he said. These two Chiefs stars and the third victim FOX4 worked to track down appear to not be alone as targets in this calculated crime spree…