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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
A portion of the Spanish treasure Fort Pierce salvor Daniel Porter recovered in 2012 from a galleon sunk in 1631 in a hurricane off Panama is back in his hands ...attempted in September to bring home about 100 silver coins and other artifacts with an estimated value of $500,000 when they were seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at the behest of Panama... part of Porter' share of more than 10,000 such items minted in Peru that were recovered during a four-year search of the San Jose wreckage's 42-mile trail conducted under a contract struck with Panama's previous administration.
IOW, agreements are of no value, particularly when Obama is involved.

11 posted on 02/16/2016 2:46:52 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv
agreements are of no value

Actually, it was the U.S. gubmint that upheld the agreement. The full article states:

After a new president of Panama took over in July 2014, however, its [the Panamanian] government reneged on the agreements.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) had urged Panama to prohibit treasure salvage operations, Porter said.

This week attorneys with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol upheld Porter's claims of ownership and ordered the treasure released to him in Fort Pierce.

12 posted on 02/16/2016 5:07:46 AM PST by AndyJackson
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