SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities mentioned Tuesday they turned six worthwhile watches stolen from Canadian actor Keanu Reeves — together with an engraved Rolex value at the least $9,500 — over to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, months after recovering them in a police raid.
The FBI will organize for his or her return to Reeves, finest identified for his roles in motion franchises like “ The Matrix ” and “ John Wick.” Chilean prosecutors informed reporters that Reeves had recognized the watches as these stolen from his Los Angeles dwelling throughout a string of high-profile burglaries in December 2023.
The announcement was made because the Trump administration’s Secretary of Homeland Safety, Kristi Noem, arrived within the South American nation for conferences with Chilean officers about transnational crime, amongst different points.
Noem was additionally the sufferer of a theft attributed to a Chilean nationwide residing illegally within the U.S., when her purse was stolen final April at a Washington restaurant.
Reeves’ six watches are valued at a complete of $125,000, mentioned Marcelo Varas, a police officer from Chile’s theft investigation squad.
The watches stolen from Reeves’ Hollywood Hills dwelling turned up in Santiago, Chile’s capital, when police raided properties and uncovered stolen automobiles, iPhones, luxurious watches and designer purses.
That operation coincided with one other Chilean investigation, coordinated with the FBI, right into a spate of burglaries by South America-based crime teams concentrating on multimillion-dollar properties within the U.S., many belonging to celebrities {and professional} athletes, akin to Kansas Metropolis Chiefs soccer participant Travis Kelce.
In April, police in Chile introduced the arrest of 23 residents over the string of break-ins.
Varas mentioned authorities had been nonetheless investigating any hyperlink between the theft of Reeves’ watches and the opposite high-profile burglaries.
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