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Over 200 Colonial and Republican objects stolen from Guatemalan Museum

Posted on 1 June 2015

On 16 May 2015, the private and unopened Museo Guatemalteco de Arte was robbed.

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Den of thieves: When art is stolen from a Latin American church it’s everyone’s loss

Posted on 6 March 2014

Six massive paintings by 18th Century painter Tomás de Merlo were stolen

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High Crimes: Studying the Illicit Antiquities Trade in the Bolivian Andes

Posted on 27 July 2013

Yesterday I participated in the Day of Archaeology.

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The Virgin of Copacabana has been looted

Posted on 29 April 2013

On Monday 22 of April the gold and silver accessories of the Virgin of Copacabana were robbed.

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Demand for Colonial Bolivian Silver Objects: Melt it down? Sell it on?

Posted on 3 December 2012

Compiling information on South American church theft is really quite interesting.

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