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Chile hands luxury watches stolen from actor Keanu Reeves over to the FBI

The 6 watches, including a Rolex worth US$95,000, were stolen from the star’s Los Angeles home in 2023 and later turned up in Santiago

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Canadian actor Keanu Reeves at the Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England, UK on July 5. Photo: AFP
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Chilean authorities said on Tuesday they turned six valuable watches stolen from Canadian actor Keanu Reeves – including an engraved Rolex worth at least US$9,500 – over to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), months after recovering them in a police raid.

The FBI will arrange for their return to Reeves, best known for his roles in action franchises such as The Matrix and John Wick.

Chilean prosecutors told reporters that Reeves had identified the watches as those stolen from his Los Angeles home during a string of high-profile burglaries in December 2023.

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The announcement was made as the Trump administration’s Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, arrived in the South American country for meetings with Chilean officials about transnational crime, among other issues.

Noem was also the victim of a robbery attributed to a Chilean national living illegally in the US, when her handbag was stolen last April at a Washington restaurant.

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Reeves’ six watches are valued at a total of US$125,000, said Marcelo Varas, a police officer from Chile’s robbery investigation squad.

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