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Jet-setting Chilean gangsters carried out 'sophisticated' burglary spree - targeting a string of Cheshire mansions
Chilean gangsters who travelled to the UK to raid Cheshire mansions and show homes have been jailed - and face deportation when they're released.Nicholas Oviedo, Alexis Oviedo and Joel Ureta were all members of an organised crime gang who travelled to the UK with “the sole aim” of committing burglaries at high-value properties.The “sophisticated” gang carried out at least seven carefully planned burglaries across Knutsford, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow and Prestbury over 11 days.They helped themselves to goods worth more than £118,000 during their spree - described by detectives as a case of ‘burglary tourism’.But the net finally closed in when an eagle-eyed neighbour spotted them and called the police.Nicholas Oviedo, 26, Alexis Oviedo, 25, and
