{"id":11451,"date":"2026-05-25T11:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=11451"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:21:28","slug":"suspects-wanted-by-fbi-for-robbing-pro-athletes-homes-arrested-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=11451","title":{"rendered":"Suspects wanted by FBI for robbing pro athletes&#8217; homes arrested in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Police in Chile on Sunday said they arrested three Chileans wanted by the FBI for allegedly robbing the homes of professional American athletes in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects also robbed athletes in Argentina, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The thieves stole jewelry, high-end watches and souvenirs such as sports jerseys, among other belongings, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Two of them were arrested last week after breaking into the home of former tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, the last Latin American to win a Grand Slam tournament &#8212; the 2009 U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The capture of these two individuals in Argentina&#8221; led to the arrest on Saturday of a third member of the gang, Commissioner Enrique Gutierrez of Chilean Interpol said in a video released by the police.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. authorities had already requested &#8220;arrest warrants with a view to extradition,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, the <span class=\"link\">FBI issued a notice<\/span> to sports leagues earlier this month informing teams and players of\u00a0<span class=\"link\">recent burglaries<\/span>\u00a0targeting professional athletes. The advisory y said at least nine\u00a0<span class=\"link\">professional athletes<\/span>\u00a0were targeted in the rash of forced entries at their homes across the country between September and November 2024, sources told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Chile did not reveal the names of any of the American athletes who were allegedly robbed.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News previously reported on break-ins at the homes of NBA star <span class=\"link\">Luca Doncic<\/span>, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback\u00a0<span class=\"link\">Joe Burrow<\/span>,\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs stars\u00a0Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, Minnesota Timberwolves guard\u00a0<span class=\"link\">Mike Conley Jr.<\/span>, Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis, and\u00a0<span class=\"link\">Tyler Seguin<\/span>\u00a0of the NHL&#8217;s Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2025, the U.S. charged seven Chilean nationals in connection with the burglaries. The suspects stole valuables worth over $2 million, including jewelry, cash, and other luxury merchandise, according to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>According to police in Chile, the suspects checked the security levels of each house and reviewed the social media profiles of their potential victims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These individuals will face justice in the United States or Argentina, as they had no significant criminal record in Chile, having specialized in robberies outside our borders,&#8221; Gutierrez added.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p> Suspects wanted by FBI for robbing pro athletes&#8217; homes arrested in Chile<br \/>\n<br \/>#Suspects #wanted #FBI #robbing #pro #athletes #homes #arrested #Chile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Chile on Sunday said they arrested three Chileans wanted by the FBI for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[391,4846,9089,2249,1091,406,9088,1963,978],"class_list":["post-11451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-arrested","tag-athletes","tag-chile","tag-fbi","tag-homes","tag-pro","tag-robbing","tag-suspects","tag-wanted"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n.jpg",790,415,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n-300x158.jpg",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n-768x403.jpg",640,336,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n.jpg",640,336,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n.jpg",790,415,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n.jpg",790,415,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n.jpg",790,415,false],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chile-682720587-18578865883052409-6203232373369308294-n-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news678.top\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}