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Colombia works to salvage Spanish treasure ship loaded with estimated $1 billion in gold, jewels
Fox News.com ^ | July 6, 2017

Posted on 07/06/2017 10:47:42 AM PDT by Kaslin

Colombia is making progress in salvaging the San Jose, a centuries-old Spanish ship believed to be carrying $1 billion worth of gold, silver and gems, the country's president said Wednesday.

The ship, which sank in 1708, was found in 2015 by the Colombian navy and the country’s archaeology institute near the port of Cartegena.

The San Jose's manifest showed it was carrying jewels and coins worth an estimated $1 billion, but analysts say the crew may have smuggled extra loot on board, National Geographic reported.

“All this precious cargo was taken away from the indigenous people” of the Americas, Charles Beeker, Director of the Center for Underwater Science at Indiana University, told the magazine. A British warship attacked the San Jose, causing it to sink.

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To: VietVet876

Admiralty law, not maritime law. It belongs to the nation it sailed under in perpetuity, at least in theory. Notice by the way, they aren’t spending any time searching for some long lost monarch’s checkbook or bonds issued by a bankrupt entity, these treasures have an intrinsic value in of themselves, independent from governments or legal tender laws.


21 posted on 07/06/2017 11:24:37 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Kaslin

Recover the billion $ and send Spain a bill for another billion $ in port fees.


22 posted on 07/06/2017 11:32:17 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Billthedrill
#3 DIBS! If nobody's called it yet, I'm gonna be rich. Sorry, Billthedrill, I already called, "no dibs!" I'll see you in Court!
23 posted on 07/06/2017 11:34:38 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: Kaslin

“Taken away from the people”.

And you can be sure; If they can snag it, it will be given back.


24 posted on 07/06/2017 11:37:17 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: Kaslin

Today I helped a man pull a boat out of the lake.

I was riding my bicycle and he came running and waving his arms. I thought he said boats so I asked how many boats he got. Turned out to be one boat which he already had on wheels in the water.


25 posted on 07/06/2017 11:37:19 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: heterosupremacist

My team of trained legal experts awaits you at the UN, headed by some sleaze-bucket named Barack Hussein, who is a well-known Constitutional expert and wanted 30%, but I talked him down to 20. I wanted BJ Billy but he’s been disbarred.


26 posted on 07/06/2017 11:39:30 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Kaslin

Cartegena ..... Seems like that is the town where Obama’s security detail went bonkers chasing the locals.


27 posted on 07/06/2017 11:44:05 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Kaslin
All this has got me thinking about this game I loved playing back in the day.


28 posted on 07/06/2017 11:57:46 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Billthedrill
#26 My team of trained legal experts awaits you at the UN, headed by some sleaze-bucket named Barack Hussein, who is a well-known Constitutional expert and wanted 30%, but I talked him down to 20. I wanted BJ Billy but he’s been disbarred. I may be mistaken, but wasn't BHO and his skank 'wife' also disbarred?
29 posted on 07/06/2017 11:58:42 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: NohSpinZone

That was an excellent game! Wasted many an hour playing it.


30 posted on 07/06/2017 1:22:56 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: CondorFlight
I think there would have to be a clear line of succession of regimes.

If the Byzantine Empire (or its successor) still existed, then (under maritime law) a Roman warship would belong to it.

31 posted on 07/06/2017 1:42:13 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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To: VietVet876
Not sure about that: treasure from a Spanish wreck off Florida was recently awarded to Spain after years of court wrangling.

Warships are different from merchant vessels: they are considered sovereign property with a claim that never expires.

32 posted on 07/06/2017 1:44:31 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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To: pierrem15

Spain had 300+ years to salvage the loot, but.didn’t. It sux to be them!


33 posted on 07/06/2017 8:05:44 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
2017-07-06_09-10-45

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34 posted on 07/07/2017 2:18:06 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

My app says I bicycled 30.795156 miles yesterday. :)


35 posted on 07/07/2017 3:14:20 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Plus I went swimming in the lake, twice.
And pulled a boat out of the lake (while the guy worked the steering).
And went down and up these stairs for the tunnel under the canal. You put your bicycle wheels in the groove at the right side:


"These Are Days"


36 posted on 07/07/2017 3:31:31 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You better keep your hand on the brake going down!

Oh. Sun just came out.


37 posted on 07/07/2017 3:33:42 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: CondorFlight
If we find an ancient Roman ship, does it belong to Italy?

Not if you keep quiet about it........"Loose lips..."

38 posted on 07/07/2017 3:39:32 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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