Colombian president orders recovery of $20 billion shipwreck treasure
Colombian president orders recovery of $20 billion shipwreck treasure
The president of Colombia is calling for an accelerated recovery of the 300-year-old wreck of the ship San Jose that may hold a $20 billion stash of treasure, but an American company says half of that loot is theirs.
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It belongs to ALL the South American countries that the objects were plundered from, REGARDLESS who found it.
So for 20 30 years we were kept from learning about this ship out of greed. If this loot stolen why can’t we steal back? I think it’s worth fighting for imperialist must pay if not now then when ? Greed these people all involved greedy and have zero interest in returning history to rightful people. It’s sticking seeing these things in museums so far away from its rightful place and owners
This is why Greece doesn’t allow treasure hunters in their waters, or land for that matter. Everywhere you swim or dig in Greece you’ll find some ancient treasures. They’ve already called dibs on 100% of anything found and have made it illegal to touch anything found until archaeologists can survey the area and claim anything of historical significance.
How long did it take the English to raise the Mary rose ? With some of the best engineering and engineers years! In 20m of water .
He wants the money for his cartel friends.
Greed. Smh. Pathetic
The only way the people will see the money is from shipwreck is the houses the government officials buy themselves.
This will turn into a battle, and eventually a movie, with much blood shed over greed gold.
All that gold belongs to the indigenous people that the colonisers pillaged from
Why can’t a super duper long chain and pulls system be used to link top with bottom? Super thick chain will sink down have it in a huge circle and tie bags of items to chain send up and use machines for pressure N send stuff up all day. If weather n currents OK why can’t this work?
No esperaba menos de un colombiano le roban hasta a su madre
Im american, but this was stolen from the native tribes of South America. Spain should pay for the cost of recovery, but also whoever found it ,should be compensated as well.
Criminal government
Well colombia has trillions in cocaine bars sitting on bottom of ocean they dont even pick those up why you think they will grab these? Lazyness to send somone and even expect a bigger cut for what guarding it? Lol that powder got to thier heads
Ig he called dibs?
A socialist wants money, no way
“It’s a costly endeavor” “no private gain”. This man has no idea how the world has always worked. ALL BILLS ARE PAID. Want to never see historical finds again? Listen to this man, his kind birthed the black market.
There’s THAT much cocaine on there???
Yeah I helped find those coordinates where’s my piece of the treasure?!?!?
Americans. Always. Want to take a share. Like you are special.
It’s cocaine guys.
If it’s near Colombia it’s probably colombias. Period.
This makes there Cocaine buisness look like chump change!
Then go get it yourself. Oh that is right. These people in power think it’s your job to do all the hard work while they dit back and bark orders. Reminds me of liberals too.
why all latino country are stupid ???
I’m going to get my snorkel & mask while they argue….
That’s a deep recovery….
Greed.
Let them trade for some coke…I suppose…
of course u can’t expect columbians to have any morals come on now
looks like a Nokia phone on the bottom
That is Genocide money, it belongs to the natives Americans of Colombia.
50% should belong to the British for stopping it being robbed by those dastardly Spanish colonials! Wait for it…..
Cha Ching$$$
Don’t use the artefacts to fund the retrieval of artifacts. That is so moronic. Here’s your other option leave them on the seafloor for eternity. It’s $20 billion worth. Even if it costs $300 million to retrieve it sell that in artifacts, while the remaining can still be viewed in, however Columbia sees fit.
The money should go to the families of the dead of that ship thag are very well documented
Good for Columbia hope they get all the money.
This mf definitely inflated the value of this so-called treasure
There should be a finders fee especially if the government already agreed to give half the funds. If anyone did the government like that they would be jailed.
Greed
The poor people in that country won’t see a dime of that money. Check this presidents bank accounts after he leaves office to see where a lot of it went.
British government already recovered in secret, James Bond did it.
It belongs to the ppl who find it
submersion divers could do that easy for months at a time .
Must be a cocaine ship!
It’s probably already been looted a few times.
“Pick up the pace” is exactly what a corrupt POS would say
Colombians are not equipped to handle this kind of treasure.
Their treasures are cocaine and whores. No one care about going to see them in a museum. The sooner they realize what are their natural resources, the quicker they will start becoming a normal civilization
Belongs to Spain
It was a anish ship, so that means it was probably stolen.