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Paintings, stone axes repatriated to Peru in LA ceremony

Vertical and horizontal folding lines are left on the canvas of the "Virgin of Guadalupe" painting after it was stolen from the Santiago Apostle Church, also known as "Saint James Apostle," in Ollantaytambo, Peru, with six other paintings, now recovered at the FBI headquarters in Los Angeles, Friday, April 22, 2022. The painting, stolen from a church in 2002, was hand-carried and transported into the United States by an art dealer, sold to an art gallerist in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and later sold in 2016 to a buyer in California. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Members of the media attend a repatriation ceremony following investigations by the FBI's Art Crime Team at the FBI headquarters in Los Angeles Friday, April 22, 2022. Left, the "Virgin of Guadalupe" painting was stolen from the Santiago Apostle Church, also known as "Saint James Apostle," in Ollantaytambo, Peru, with six other paintings. The FBI returned sixteen cultural items to representatives of the Peruvian government, from its pre-Columbian era through its Spanish Colonial Period and into the 20th Century. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Special Agent Elizabeth Rivas, FBI's Art Crime Team Members, Los Angeles Field Office takes questions from the media at a repatriation ceremony following investigations by the FBI's Art Crime Team at the FBI headquarters in Los Angeles Friday, April 22, 2022. The FBI returned sixteen cultural items to representatives of the Peruvian government, from its pre-Columbian era through its Spanish Colonial Period and into the 20th Century. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Kristi Koons Johnson, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, at podium, hosts a repatriation ceremony with officials from the United States Department of State, the United States Attorney's Office, the Consul General for the Peruvian Consulate in Los Angeles and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to return cultural pieces, some of which are 400 years old, following investigations by the FBI's Art Crime Tea at the FBI headquarters in Los Angeles Friday, April 22, 2022. The "Virgin of Guadalupe" oil painting, right, was stolen from the Santiago Apostle Church, also known as "Saint James Apostle," in Ollantaytambo, Peru, with six other paintings. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Kristi Koons Johnson, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, right, hosts a repatriation ceremony with officials from the United States Department of State, the United States Attorney's Office, the Consul General for the Peruvian Consulate in Los Angeles and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to return cultural pieces, some of which are 400 years old, following investigations by the FBI's Art Crime Tea at the FBI headquarters in Los Angeles Friday, April 22, 2022. The "Virgin of Guadalupe" oil painting, left, was stolen from the Santiago Apostle Church, also known as "Saint James Apostle," in Ollantaytambo, Peru, with six other paintings. The "Pentecost" oil painting, middle, from the 17th Century Baroque period was stolen from the Church of Santa Cruz de Orurillo in Puna, Peru. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Jose Luis Chavez Gonzales, Consul General, Peruvian Consulate in Los Angeles, admires recovered Peruvian paintings following investigations by the FBI's Art Crime Team at the FBI headquarters in Los Angeles Friday, April 22, 2022. The "Virgin of Guadalupe" oil painting was stolen from the Santiago Apostle Church, also known as "Saint James Apostle," in Ollantaytambo, Peru, with six other paintings. At right, The "Pentecost" oil painting from the 17th Century Baroque period was stolen from the Church of Santa Cruz de Orurillo in Puna, Peru. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)