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How Watches Stolen From Keanu Reeves in Los Angeles Ended up in the Hands of a Gang in Chile

SANTIAGO PROVINCE, SANTIAGO METROPOLITAN REGION, AUG 01 – Six stolen luxury watches valued at over $7 million were recovered from a Chilean gang and returned to the FBI through cooperation between Chilean and U.S. authorities.

  • Six watches stolen from Keanu Reeves in Los Angeles were handed over to the FBI at the US Embassy in Santiago, Chile, nearly 9,000 kilometers away, during US Secretary of Security Kristi Noem’s visit.
  • Investigators discovered the watches during a broader probe into eastern Santiago home burglaries, linked to the gang committing crimes across Chile in 2023.
  • Forensic teams found photos showing the watch, a gun, and Reeves’ driver’s license on the device, then matched them to his home, and the Rolex Submariner model retails for more than $10,000.
  • At the US Embassy in Santiago, Blaine Freestone said he will personally deliver the watches to Reeves, and Claudia Barraza stated no evidence links the gang to the watches' arrival in Chile.
  • During her Chile visit, US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem highlighted the importance of ongoing law enforcement cooperation, citing the signing of a biometric migration alert agreement and affirming `“always”` coordination with foreign agencies through intelligence exchange.
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Six watches stolen in Los Angeles from actor Keanu Reeves were handed over to the FBI this week at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile, nearly 9,000 kilometers away. Reeves had to identify them to confirm their identity.

(CNN Español) — The delivery to the FBI of six stolen watches in Los Angeles to actor Keanu Reeves, who must have recognized them to confirm their identification, was made this week at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile, nearly 9,000 kilometers away, so that they would finally be returned to their owner, as part of the visit to the country of the U.S. Secretary of Security, Kristi Noem. The discovery of luxury watches “was circumstantial,” the …

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CNN Chile broke the news in on Friday, August 1, 2025.
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