Four Colombian Nationals Unlawfully Residing in the United States Sentenced to Federal Prison for a Burglary Conspiracy Targeting Asian American Business Owners

EUGENE, Ore.- Four Columbian nationals unlawfully residing in the United States were sentenced to federal prison yesterday for a multi-state burglary conspiracy that targeted Asian American business owners in Oregon and Washington. Following the federal hearings, the defendants were also sentenced in their state court cases based on the targeted burglaries.

• Derinson Martinez-Grandas, 34, was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison and 10 months in state prison;
• Jhon Alexander Quintero, 45, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and 15 months in state prison;
• Steven Alexander Quiroga-Solano, 28, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and 18 months in state prison; and
• William Estiven Rodriguez-Gaviria, 27, was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison and 10 months in state prison.

Each defendant was also sentenced to 3 years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit the stolen proceeds as well as the devices used to coordinate the burglaries.

The defendants traveled from California and proceeded through Nevada, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. In Washington and Oregon, they identified burglary victims by using the internet to research potential Asian American targets and their businesses. They stayed in short-term rentals and identified and surveilled their burglary targets, who were all Asian American small business owners. They then performed reconnaissance on the victims' residences.

When they carried out the burglaries, the defendants employed signal jamming technology, perimeter countersurveillance, and communicated on seven-way group calls. They then entered their victims' homes by shattering glass doors. Once inside, they ransacked residences, stealing United States and foreign currency, jewelry, designer handbags, purses, wallets, travel documents, and other valuables. After the burglaries, the crew returned to their short-term rental to package the proceeds for transport, transfer, or transmittal back to California and Colombia.

Following a burglary in Salem, Oregon, detectives learned that the defendants returned to their rental in Eugene, Oregon, and executed a search warrant at the rental that night. Investigators recovered money and property, believed to be stolen from the various residences, more than a dozen cell phones, believed to be used by the burglary crew, evidence of money wires to Bogota, Colombia, and various Colombian travel documentation, including passports.

They also located commercial-grade Wi-Fi signal jammers, seen in the image below, that were plugged in and charging following their suspected use during the burglary that day.

A search of their devices revealed additional evidence of the conspiracy, including sending and receiving coordinates for the houses they burglarized, surveillance communications, and shared messages highlighting the burglary targets from the preceding days.

For instance, Martinez-Grandas secured short term rentals for the crew in Auburn, Washington, and Eugene and mapped the address of the Salem home on the day of that burglary.

Quintero researched the value of jewelry the night of a burglary in Auburn and called a Columbian shipping company two days after the Eugene burglary.

Quiroga-Solano researched Chinese restaurants two days before the burglary crew victimized a family owning a Chinese restaurant. He was in the vicinity of a victim's home in Gresham, Oregon, the night before it was burglarized, which authorities believe was in preparation for the following day's burglary.

Lastly, Rodriguez-Gaviria sent a message to a co-conspirator with the address of a burglary victim the day the victim was burglarized and posed as a food delivery person at two homes the day they were burglarized.

On November 20, 2025, a federal grand jury in Eugene returned an indictment charging the defendants with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen goods.

From March through May 2026, Quintero, Rodriguez-Gaviria, Quiroga-Solano, and Martinez-Grandas pleaded guilty to conspiracy.

U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford for the District of Oregon made the announcement.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Eugene Police Department with assistance from the Salem Police Department, the Auburn Police Department, and the Gresham Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William M. McLaren.