Burglars take over 350,000 euros in jewels from Éder Militão's home during El Clásico

How the break-in unfolded

Burglars entered the La Moraleja home of Éder Militão, a Brazilian defender for Real Madrid, on Sunday, 25 October, between 21:00 and 22:00. Militão was on the bench and did not play in the 2-1 derby win over Barcelona that evening. His relatives were in the living room on the ground floor, following the match on television, and did not notice anyone upstairs. According to El Mundo, the intruders got in through a third-floor bathroom window, while the bedroom windows showed no signs of forcing. The house alarm was not switched on, because the household only armed it at bedtime.

Discovery and what police found

Security staff at the residential complex noticed two people leaving the area carrying several suitcases, and they then checked the Militão property. Around 21:50, uniformed police and private guards knocked at the door and asked whether anyone had seen people carrying bags like suitcases. The family said they had not, and they did not know the house had been burgled. Officers searched the house and found the second-floor bedroom light on and the room ransacked, with objects strewn across the floor and the bed. One courtyard camera was found disconnected, according to one report, while El Mundo says a burglar tore a camera down after noticing he was being filmed. Other cameras around the complex perimeter captured two suspects.

What was taken

Militão noticed the missing items after returning home. El Mundo lists a Rolex worth about 53,000 euros and a Richard Mille worth about 170,000 euros, along with three Chanel bags valued at around 15,000 euros and Cartier rings and bracelets worth about 25,000 euros. Further jewellery, bracelets and cases raise the total, which El Mundo says is expected to exceed 350,000 euros. Some of the pieces carry high sentimental value for the player, which is why he is determined to get them back.

Rolex53,000

Richard Mille170,000

Chanel bags (three)15,000

Cartier rings and bracelets25,000

Rolex

53000 euros

Richard Mille

170000 euros

Chanel bags (three)

15000 euros

Cartier rings and bracelets

25000 euros

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Investigation and recovery effort

Police are analysing footage from cameras inside the house and along the perimeter fence, a task El Mundo attributes to the Brigada Provincial de Policía Judicial. The two suspects seen on camera have not been identified, and authorities are still working out exactly how the burglary was carried out. Militão has hired Rogelio Gómez, president of OPS2 Servicios, a firm that has handled similar cases before. Gómez described the approach to El Mundo in two parts.

“Besides handling all the legal side through our law firm, we are going to try to locate them.”

The theft only became public on Saturday, 31 October, when El Mundo published it, six days after the break-in.