Gang of balaclava-clad Chilean burglars travelled 7,500 miles to Britain on tourist visas to raid luxury mansions in Cheshire's 'Golden Triangle'

 

A three-man gang of Chilean burglars who entered the UK on tourist visas raided homes in a wealthy enclave favoured by football players.

 

The balaclava-clad trio travelled 7,500 miles from their homes to target mansions in Wilmslow and Alderley Edge in Cheshire's so-called 'Golden Triangle' – but ended up getting away with just £60.

 

The group's efforts to get 'easy money' were foiled after they were caught fleeing the scene of an attempted break-in before leading police on an 'incredibly dangerous' 115mph motorway chase.

 

The dramatic pursuit, which lasted nearly 30 miles on the M40, saw one of the gang trying to escape by leaping from the getaway vehicle in the fast lane, before jumping over the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.

 

But Hector Paredes-Munoz, 39, his brother Victor, 31, and Sergio Sepulveda Castro, 27, were unable to escape and on Friday all three were put behind bars.

 

Police said the gang arrived in the UK towards the end of 2022 or at the start of this year, after travelling from elsewhere in Europe. They later set up a base in the south of England with what officers said was the 'sole aim' of committing burglaries at high-value homes across the UK. 

 

Prosecutor Patrick Gartland told Chester Crown Court that on March 31 this year, a resident in Broadwalk, Wilmslow, noticed two men wearing balaclavas in his garden and the alarm at his next-door neighbour's house was going off.

 

 

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