A rise in high-profile home invasions, allegedly carried out by Chilean migrants, has security experts warning Americans about South American burglary rings targeting U.S. homeowners. 

Prominent targets in the last few months have included NFL stars Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow. Four Chilean nationals have been charged in the December burglary of Burrow’s Ohio home, an investigation that led to two more arrests Tuesday as authorities searched a pawn shop in New York City’s Diamond District.

“This is one of the first times we actually heard about an athlete’s home being hit while they were playing football. So this just kind of started, but it’s now kind of escalating to not only just athletes, but it’s escalating to wealthy people,” Michael Barbieri, a law enforcement veteran who works as an investigator with Global Intelligence Consultants, told Fox News Digital.

Targets have also included affluent enclaves like Newport Beach, California, where a Chilean national was accused of a home invasion on Tuesday.

The homes of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were burglarized in October. (IMAGN)

“These are not dumb people. These guys, they’ve done their homework, and they continue to do their homework.”

The four suspects in Burrow’s case were arrested following “an ongoing investigation involving burglaries of multimillion-dollar homes in multiple states,” according to WLWT-TV, citing court documents.

Barbieri said these burglary rings, what he calls cartels, are in about 25 states now and are only getting larger.

The suspects in Burrow’s case, Sergio Cabello, Bastian Morales, Jordan Sanchez and Alexander Chavez, were arrested in Clark County after being pulled over by Ohio State Highway Patrol on Jan. 10, according to the documents. 

“All four males were identified as being illegally in the country or overstaying their permissions,” the arrest report read, as all the men provided fake IDs. 

Fox News Digital’s Ryan Gaydos and Scott Thompson contributed to this report.