Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has criticized Alejandro Mayorkas, Homeland Security Secretary, for his “inaction” on visa vetting following a recent burglary by Chilean migrants in the county. The Orange County District Attorney’s office issued a statement Friday after two Chilean nationals, identified as Jorge Navarretecorvalan, 32, and Alejandro Tobarfuentes, 32 were arrested in San Juan Capistrano and “charged with connection to a head-on collision while driving the wrong way on the freeway while being pursued by law enforcement after burglarizing” a home. The two men had entered the US on an Electronic System for Travel Authorization System (ESTAS) visa waiver from the Department of Homeland Security.


Spitzer called for Alejandro Mayorkas to suspend Chile from the ESTAS visa waiver program in a press release. The Office of the Orange County District Attorney was quoted saying, “Instead of holding Chile accountable and preventing a direct pipeline for organized crime to shuttle thieves into the United States, Secretary Mayorkas’ inaction is resulting in Americans continuing to be terrorized by criminals who are stalking them in their homes and waiting for the perfect moment to break their backsliders and steal their most prized possessions.”

Navarretecorvalan and Tobarfuentes were arrested on June 8 after they tried to avoid hitting an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy who had attempted to pull their car over, crashing their Mini Cooper into a Toyota Camry. The two had entered the United States through the $21 ESTAS visa waiver system, allowing applicants “unlimited access to the United States, up to 90 days at a time, for a two-year period” within 72 hours of submitting the application.

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Chile is the only Latin American country on the 41-state ESTAS visa waiver program list, which has become an issue due to career criminals entering the country. Despite Chile refusing to provide background checks on ESTAS visa users, the U.S. has allowed 350,000 Chilean nationals to enter the country through the program in 2022.

As reports of burglaries increase, Spitzer reportedly filed a lawsuit against the Biden regime over failing to respond to requests for documentation on the migrants, as reported by Fox LA in March. Spitzer, in his press release, called for immediate action to be taken in response to the incident in San Juan Capistrano.

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You can read Todd Spritzer’s full press release below:

Chilean Nationals in the United States on ESTA Visa Waiver Charged in Head-on Collision in Wrong Way Pursuit on Freeway After Burglarizing San Juan Capistrano Home

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two Chilean nationals in the United States on a visa waiver from the Department of Homeland Security have been charged in connection with a head-on collision while driving the wrong way on the freeway while being pursued by law enforcement after burglarizing a San Juan Capistrano home.

Jorge Navarretecorvalan, 32, and Alejandro Tobarfuentes, 32, were arrested on Saturday, June 8, 2024 after crashing their Mini Cooper head-on into a Toyota Camry while driving northbound in the southbound lanes afternarrowly missing hitting an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy who had tried to pull their vehicle over. The driver suffered serious injuries.

Navarretecorvalan has been charged with one felony count of first-degree burglary, one felony count of evading a peace officer while driving opposite of traffic, one felony count of driving the wrong way on a divided highway causing injury or death, and one felony count of possession of a forged identification card. Tobarfuentes has been charged with one felony count of first-degree burglary, one felony count of possession of a forged identification card, and one misdemeanor count of possession of burglary tools.

Navarretecorvalan faces a maximum sentence of eight years in state prison while Tobarfuentes faces a maximum sentence of six years and eight months in state prison.

Just before the head on collision Tobarfuentes and Navarretecorvalan are accused of working together to break into a San Juan Capistrano home to steal a safe, designer handbags, and jewelry. When the two men were arrested, they identified themselves using Venezuelan identification cards which law enforcement determined were fake and they were in fact Chilean nationals.

Tobarfuentes and Navarretecorvalan entered the United States through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization System (ESTA) Visa Waiver Program which is administered through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. For $21, applicants from countries which participate in the ESTA program can be granted unlimited access to the United States, up to 90 days at a time, for a two-year period. Applicants are granted access within 72 hours of applying for an ESTA visa waiver. Chile refuses to provide the criminal background checks for their residents as required by the ESTA program requirements. In 2022, 350,000 Chilean nationals entered the United States through the ESTA visa waiver program without background checks.

In May 2023, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer began sounding the alarm regarding the loophole in the ESTA visa program which continues to be exploited by organized crime rings in Chile to enter the United States to commit residential burglaries throughout the United States.

“Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has the power to immediately and unilaterally suspend Chile from the ESTA visa waiver program until it complies with the requirement to provide criminal background checks for their citizens,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. “Instead of holding Chile accountable and preventing a direct pipeline for organized crime to shuttle thieves into the United States, Secretary Mayorkas’ inaction is resulting in Americans continuing to be terrorized by criminals who are stalking them in their homes and waiting for the perfect moment to break their back sliders and steal their most prized possessions. With every pane of shattered glass, they are shattering another’s family’s sense of security and they are putting everyone on the road at risk as they will do anything and everything to escape from law enforcement. This has to stop – and it has to stop today.”

Deputy District Attorney Alex Shaaban of the Gangs Unit is prosecuting this case.

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