Signal Jammers, 7-Way Group Calls, and Stolen Passports. Inside a Sophisticated Multi-State Burglary Ring.
They showed up dressed as food delivery workers. Masks on. And by the time they walked through the front door, the security cameras were already dead.
This was not a smash-and-grab. This was a planned, coordinated operation that specifically hunted Asian American business owners across two states.
The Crew and the Playbook
Seven Colombian nationals drove a caravan of four cars from California through Nevada and Idaho into Oregon and Washington. California plates. Short-term Airbnbs as base camps.
They researched Asian American business owners online, down to scoping out Chinese restaurants two days before hitting a family who owned one.
When they moved on a target, they deployed commercial-grade Wi-Fi signal jammers. Cameras went blind instantly. They posted lookouts, coordinated on a 7-way WhatsApp call during each burglary, then shattered glass doors and walked in.
Inside, they took cash, jewelry, designer bags, wallets, passports, and foreign currency. Every victim was an Asian American business owner who was at work when it happened.
City by City: October 2025
Auburn, Washington on October 3. Eugene’s Bethel neighborhood on October 6. Salem on October 9.
After the Salem burglary, Eugene Police tracked the crew back to their Airbnb on Skyline Boulevard, where an automated license plate reader had already flagged their car.
Officers found stolen goods, 13+ cell phones, Colombian passports, money wire evidence to Bogota, and Wi-Fi jammers still charging from earlier that day.
The crew fled into nearby woods. All 7 were detained.
Where the Case Stands
The group became known as the “Skyline 7.” On June 7, 2026, four members were sentenced at the U.S. District Courthouse in Eugene.
The full sentencing was reported by the Register Guard: Quiroga-Solano received 21 months, Quintero 18 months, Martinez-Grandas and Rodriguez-Gaviria each received 12 months and one day.
All four will be deported after serving their sentences. Three members remain at large with active FBI wanted posters.
This pattern of striking while families are away keeps showing up.
A couple in Bowling Green was arrested after breaking into a vacant home listed for sale, and in Houston, a woman entered a home the moment the babysitter stepped out and was arrested on the spot. Different cases, same logic: someone calculated that no one was watching.
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Why This Matters
This is not a closed chapter. At least 30 burglaries over three years are linked to this enterprise. Since June 2026, two cameras have been found hidden in shrubbery outside Asian business owners’ homes in Eugene. The operation is still active in some form.
The Asian American Foundation analyzed 485 known robberies targeting AAPI communities between 2018 and 2024, and more than half took place inside homes.
Jenny Jonak of the Asian American Council of Oregon said it plainly: “Even if you catch one crew, you still have the underlying problem. If this is considered an easy crime in Oregon, these are going to keep happening.”
A written statement from the daughter of one victimized family was read aloud in court: “Now, I am the victim of a crime. I cannot be a good daughter because my parents are worried about all of us being targeted.”
That is what this ring actually stole, more than the cash or the jewelry. And a suspect arrested after a home invasion shook an entire Richmond neighborhood shows how long that fear stays with a community after the arrest.
Key Takeaways
- 4 Skyline 7 members sentenced June 7, 2026 in Eugene federal court
- Quiroga-Solano: 21 months, Quintero: 18 months, Martinez-Grandas and Rodriguez-Gaviria: 12 months and one day each
- All 4 will be deported after serving their sentences
- 3 members remain at large, FBI wanted posters active
- Crew used Wi-Fi jammers, 7-way WhatsApp calls, posed as delivery workers
- At least 30 local burglaries over 3 years linked to this ring
- Similar burglaries still being reported in Oregon as of June 2026
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Wrapping Up
Four men are going to prison. Three are still out there. And the burglaries have not stopped.
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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. All details are based on publicly available federal court records and news reports at the time of publication.
