Peru makes last-minute claim to Spanish booty of the Nuestra

Global post ^ | 2.24.2012 | n/a

[wolfcreek]

In a final twist to a five-year legal drama, the Peruvian government today appealed to the US Supreme Court to prevent the return to Spain of mountains of salvaged 19th-century lucre that are sitting in a US air base in Florida.

[wolfcreek]

Peru says it was mined, processed and minted in their country.

[wolfcreek]

Sunken treasure ping!

[Tallguy]

Kinda nice to see somebody sticking it to Spain over sunken treasure for once. Still, the laws for maritime recovery are really tilted toward the state and away from the corporation doing the actual work.

[org.whodat]

It should belong to them and the people who found it, Spain was the crooks here.

[NativeSon]

I’m partial to Spanish booty

[dirtboy]

Spain stole it fair and square.

Twice.

[muawiyah]

There are always good questions about where the Spanish found their gold. During the 1700s they found gold in the Philippines, mined it, and shipped it EAST for transport to Europe. That was to avoid the Dutch, British, Indian, Thai and Chinese pirates who preyed on travelers and trade ships in those days if they dared use the Western route to Europe.

Even today the greatest trade in precious metals in Peru is silver, as it is in Bolivia, Mexico, the US South West and a large number of other former Spanish possessions.

The gold on this ship is definitely the property of Spain according to international law and that is all that counts.

This is why smart gold hunters don't tell anybody about their discoveries.

[Parmenio]

So now the lawyers are going to get the silver. The salvage company will also probably start charging storage fees to be paid by the eventual winner.

[bunkerhill7]

Belongs to Pinoys, not Peruvians.
They can tell where it came from by analysis of the gold cuz it`s not 99% pure but has other minerals and metals in it.. Green gold is from Thailand, yellow gold from California, etc

[wolfcreek]

Surely Spain owes us some money. It’s sitting at a USAF base and should stay there for the time being.

[wolfcreek]

Black gold = Texas T

[wolfcreek]

T = TEA

[mylife]

Cootchie Mama!

[mylife]

After laying unclaimed for century’s I think finders keepers should be the rule of law.

[Parmenio]

Oh, my mistake. I thought it was still in the salvage company’s facility.

[Elle Bee]

it's recovered from a Spanish warship .... Maritime law says anything on a warship belongs to the country which owns the ship and you shouldn't be desecrating the tombs of their sailors

the Supremo's have already ruled in Spain's favor on this one

.

[RC51]

Seems like everyone wants a piece of that Spanish Booty!

[ez]

I could drive my Harley through that gap. :)

[blam]

What took Peru so long?

[fieldmarshaldj]

WANT. Please.......................