Agents of the Spanish National Police have recovered a painting by Francis Bacon valued at 5,000,000 euros, stolen in Madrid in 2015.
Investigators were able to find the painting thanks to new information gathered after the arrest of two people in February who were suspects in dealing stolen art.
The police said 16 people have now been arrested in connection with the theft, including the original suspected perpetrators. Some had contacts with organized crime groups in Eastern Europe.
The investigation will continue until the final painting is recovered. The 2015 theft made headlines worldwide after a Madrid apartment belonging to a former friend of Bacon’s was broken into by burglars who managed to switch off an alarm system and steal the paintings without leaving fingerprints at the scene.
Bacon died of a heart attack in April 1992 during a trip to Madrid.
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