Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report
April 6, 2026
By David Olen Cross
The “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in the first full week of April 2026 has for northwest regional and national radio listeners and website followers a report on a federal law enforcement identified Colombian national unlawfully present the United States who pleaded guilty for “his role in a multi-state burglary conspiracy.” The Colombian’s criminal case is being adjudicated in a U.S. District Court in the state of Oregon.
Some background information, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon (USAODO) issued a press release titled “Colombian National Unlawfully in the United States Pleads Guilty to Interstate Burglary Conspiracy Targeting Asian American Business Owners” who the subject of interest was identified as Jhon Alexander Quintero (U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon – Case Number: 6:25-cr-00493-MC).
Here are extended excerpts from USAODO’s March 31, 2026 press release on Jhon Alexander Quintero:
“ EUGENE, Ore.— A Colombian national unlawfully residing in the United States pleaded guilty today in federal court for his role in a multi-state burglary conspiracy that targeted Asian American business owners in Oregon and Washington.
Jhon Alexander Quintero, also known as Edwin Andres Cadena-Pineda, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen goods.
According to court documents, in early October 2025, Quintero and six co-conspirators targeted homes for burglary in Oregon and Washington by traveling from state to state, staying in short-term rentals, identifying and surveilling potential burglary victims—who were all Asian American business owners—and then performing reconnaissance on the victims’ residences.
When they carried out the burglaries, Quintero and his co-conspirators employed signal jamming technology, perimeter countersurveillance, and seven-way group calls. They entered their victims’ homes by shattering glass doors. Once inside, they ransacked the 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 and package the proceeds for transport, transfer, or transmittal.
The investigation revealed that Quintero and the crew burglarized a home in Auburn, Washington, on October 3, 2025, then a home in Gresham, Oregon, on October 5, then a home in Eugene, Oregon, on October 6, and a home in Salem, Oregon, on October 9. All the burglary victims were Asian American 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 learned that Quintero and his co-conspirators returned to their rental in Eugene 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 that were plugged in and charging following their suspected use during the burglary that day.
Upon noticing the officers executing the search warrant, Quintero and the rest of the crew fled into a nearby wooded area. 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 coordinates for the houses they burglarized, surveillance communications, and shared messages containing messages highlighting the burglary targets from the preceding days. For instance, Quintero researched the value of jewelry the night of the Auburn burglary, received the contact information for a Colombian shipping company two days after the Eugene burglary and then called that company, and returned to the Eugene rental to package stolen property the night of the Salem burglary.
On November 20, 2025, a federal grand jury in Eugene returned an indictment charging Quintero and the other six members of the burglary crew with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen goods.
On December 3, 2025, Quintero made his initial appearance in federal court and was ordered detained.
Quintero faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release. He will be sentenced on June 30, 2026, before a U.S. district court judge.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 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.” – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
For informational purposes the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” sent via e-mail on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 a copy of the USAODO press release on Jhon Alexander Quintero 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 confessed multistate burglar Jhon Alexander Quintero.
Presentencing, on Monday, April 6, 2026 Jhon Alexander Quintero (Lane County, Oregon Open Case Number: 25CR56758; SID#: 27976537; Booking Number: B25003904; Inmate ID: P00087096; U.S. Marshals Service Hold) was in the custody of the Douglas County Jail (DCJ) located in Roseburg, Oregon.
Jhon Alexander Quintero faces post sentencing in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon joining more than 12-hundred Colombian nationals incarcerated in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison system.
Lars, the first full week of April 2026 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 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/.