Illegal immigrants sentenced in multi-state burglary ring targeting Asian American businesses in Washington, Oregon

Federal prosecutors announced that the defendants: Derinson Martinez-Grandas, 34; Jhon Alexander Quintero, 45; Steven Alexander Quiroga-Solano, 28; and William Estiven Rodriguez-Gaviria, 27, received both federal and state prison sentences on Wednesday after pleading guilty to their roles in the interstate burglary operation.

Martinez-Grandas was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison, followed by 10 months in state prison. Quintero received 18 months in federal prison and 15 months in state prison. Quiroga-Solano was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and 18 months in state prison, while Rodriguez-Gaviria received 12 months and one day in federal prison followed by 10 months in state prison.

Each defendant was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and forfeit both the stolen property proceeds and the equipment used to carry out the crimes.

According to court records, the burglary crew traveled from California through Nevada and Idaho before operating in Washington and Oregon. Prosecutors said the group specifically targeted Asian American business owners, using online research to identify victims and their businesses before conducting surveillance of both the businesses and the owners' homes. Investigators said the crew rented short-term vacation properties that served as operational bases while they planned and executed the burglaries.

The group employed sophisticated tactics to avoid detection, including commercial-grade Wi-Fi signal jammers, perimeter counter-surveillance, and seven-way group phone calls while carrying out the break-ins. The burglars allegedly entered homes by shattering glass doors before ransacking residences and stealing cash, foreign currency, jewelry, designer handbags, wallets, travel documents, and other valuables.

After each burglary, prosecutors said the defendants returned to their rental property, where they sorted and packaged the stolen goods for transport or shipment to California and Colombia.

The conspiracy unraveled following a burglary in Salem, Oregon, when detectives tracked the suspects to a short-term rental in Eugene. A search warrant executed that night uncovered cash and property believed to be stolen from multiple homes, more than a dozen cell phones allegedly used by the burglary crew, records of money transfers to Bogotá, Colombia, Colombian passports and travel documents, and commercial-grade Wi-Fi signal jammers that investigators said were plugged in and charging after the day's burglary.

Authorities also recovered digital evidence from the defendants' electronic devices that they say documented the conspiracy in detail, including GPS coordinates for targeted homes, surveillance communications, and messages identifying burglary targets.

According to prosecutors, Martinez-Grandas secured short-term rental properties in Auburn, Washington, and Eugene, Oregon, and mapped the Salem residence targeted on the day it was burglarized. Quintero researched the value of stolen jewelry following an Auburn burglary and contacted a Colombian shipping company two days after the Eugene burglary.

Quiroga-Solano searched online for Chinese restaurants two days before the crew allegedly burglarized the home of a family that owned one. Authorities also placed him near a Gresham residence the night before it was burglarized. Rodriguez-Gaviria allegedly sent a co-conspirator the address of a burglary victim on the day of the break-in and posed as a food delivery driver at two homes before they were burglarized.

A federal grand jury in Eugene indicted the four men on November 20, 2025, charging them with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen goods. Between March and May 2026, all four defendants pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge.