Eva Peron's stolen jewels found in Milan

Italian media reported today the finding of jewels allegedly belonging to deceased Argentine former first lady, Eva Peron.

The jeweler is worth over US$9 million and was found in a hotel in Milan, Northern Italy.According to reports, local police located the jewels in a joint operation with Spanish police.

Police sources report that the precious stones where recovered from a 2009 robbery to a jewelry store in Valencia carried out by a gipsy gang. One person has been detained so far.

A tiara, a gift from the Dutch king during the 1950’s, several rings and a pair o earrings were among the jewelry recovered by the Carabinieri police in a room of the luxurious Silver hotel in the outskirts of Milan.

According to the police, seven Serb gypsies were responsible for the robbery. The jewelry was taken in December of 2009. One of the robbers was arrested in May of last year after the Spanish court extended the arrest warrant to all Europe.

Evita Peron was an actress and wife of former Argentine president Juan Domingo Perón. She is regarded as one of the most important historic figures of the twentieth century in Argentina. Her life was taken to the big screen in the musical “Evita” by Andrew Lloyd Webber starring Madonna as Evita.