Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report
November 10, 2025
The “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in the second week of November 2025 has for northwest regional and national radio listeners and website followers a report on a federal law enforcement identified Colombian national whose criminal case for his role in burglary ring is being adjudicated in a U.S. District Court in the state of Oregon.
Some background information, on Thursday, November 6, 2025 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon (USAODO) issued a press release titled “Seven Charged in Multi-State Burglary Ring Targeting Asian Business Owners” who the main subject of interest was Derinson Martinez-Grandas (U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon Court Case Number: 6:25-mj-00328).
Here are extended excerpts from USAODO’s November 6, 2025 press release on Derinson Martinez-Grandas:
“A Colombian national made his initial appearance today after being arrested for his alleged role in a burglary ring that primarily targeted residents of Asian descent in Oregon and Washington.
Derinson Martinez-Grandas, 34, is one of seven individuals charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to transmit stolen property.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in early October 2025, Martinez-Grandas and six co-conspirators burglarized homes in Oregon and Washington by traveling from state to state, staying in short-term rentals secured by Martinez-Grandas, identifying and surveilling potential burglary victims—who were all Asian business owners—and then performing reconnaissance on the victims’ residences.
The complaint and court documents allege that Martinez-Grandas and his co-conspirators employed signal jamming technology, perimeter countersurveillance, and seven-way group calls when carrying out their burglaries. They entered their victims’ homes by shattering glass doors. Once inside, they ransacked the residences, stealing large amounts of United States and foreign currency, jewelry, designer handbags, purses, wallets, travel documents, and other valuables. After the burglaries, the crew would return to their short-term rental and package the proceeds for transport, transfer, or transmittal.
Court documents allege that defendants first burglarized a home in Auburn, Washington on October 3, 2025, then burglarized a home in Eugene, Oregon, on October 6, 2025, and burglarized a third home in Salem, Oregon, on October 9, 2025. All were the homes of Asian business owners who were away working at their businesses. Between the Eugene and Salem burglaries, detectives with the Eugene Police Department became aware of the group’s movements and began surveillance. Following the burglary in Salem, detectives surveilled and identified that Martinez-Grandas and his co-conspirators returned to their rental in Eugene, which had been rented by Martinez-Grandas. Detectives obtained a search warrant for the rental that night.
Upon execution of the warrant, investigators recovered money and property believed to be burglarized from the various residences, digital devices believed to be used by the burglary crew, evidence of money wires to Bogota, Colombia, and various Colombian travel documentation, including passports. As officers went to execute the search warrant, the burglary crew fled into a nearby wooded area. After several hours, law enforcement eventually detained all seven individuals. Investigators later performed searches of the devices, which revealed additional evidence of the conspiracy, including sending and receiving burglary coordinates, surveillance communications, and shared messages containing messages highlighting the burglary targets from the preceding days.” . . .
“Martinez-Grandas made his first appearance in federal court today before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. He was ordered detained pending further court proceedings.
William Estiven Rodriguez-Gaviria, 26, a co-conspirator, made his first appearance in federal court before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the District of Arizona. He was ordered detained pending further court proceedings.
This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Eugene Police Department with assistance from the Salem Police Department and the Auburn Police Department. It is being prosecuted by William M. McLaren, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, in coordination with the Lane County District Attorney’s Office.” – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
As courtesy and for informational purposes the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” sent via e-mail on November 7, 2025 a copy of the USAODO press release who the subject of interest was Derinson Martinez-Grandas to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs for the Northwest Region which encompasses the states of Alaska, Oregon and Washington, furthermore, ICE Public Affairs in Washington, D.C.
At this time there is no indication that ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) had a role in the take down of alleged multistate burglar Derinson Martinez-Grandas.
Pretrial, on Monday, November 10, 2025 Derinson Martinez-Grandas (Oregon SID #: 27976562; U.S. Marshals Service Hold) was in the custody of the Polk County Jail (PCJ) located in Dallas, Oregon.
If Derinson Martinez-Grandas is convicted in the near future for the crime of “conspiracy to transmit stolen property” in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon he could join as many as 13-hundred Colombian nationals incarcerated in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison system.
Lars, the second full week of November 2025 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 Pacific Northwest regional and national radio listeners and website followers.
David Olen Cross (docfnc) is a reporter on foreign national crime. He is a more than decade long contributor to the “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report.” His past crime reporting can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.
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