{"id":2093553,"date":"2023-11-07T21:50:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/holy-grail-of-shipwrecks-containing-20b-of-sunken-treasure-to-be-exhumed-by-colombian-government\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T21:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:52:18","slug":"holy-grail-of-shipwrecks-containing-20b-of-sunken-treasure-to-be-exhumed-by-colombian-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/holy-grail-of-shipwrecks-containing-20b-of-sunken-treasure-to-be-exhumed-by-colombian-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian Government to Unearth $20B Sunken Treasure in &#8216;Holy Grail&#8217; Shipwreck."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fholy-grail-of-shipwrecks-containing-20b-of-sunken-treasure-to-be-exhumed-by-colombian-government%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2093553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">General View of the area where a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/holy-grail-of-shipwrecks-containing-20b-of-sunken-treasure-to-be-exhumed-by-colombian-government\/\" title=\"Colombian Government to Unearth B Sunken Treasure in 'Holy Grail' Shipwreck.\">twin-engine plane carrying 14 people disappeared yesterday<\/a> in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela, 05 January 2008. AFP PHOTO\/Juan\u2062 BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUAN\u200c BARRETO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>5:50 PM\u2062 \u2013 Tuesday, November 7, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>An operation to recover\u2063 a 300-year-old sunken ship\u200b estimated to contain $20\u2062 billion\u2063 worth of treasure\u200c has\u2063 been initiated \u200bby the Colombian government.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According \u200cto\u2063 an interview on Wednesday with the Minister of Culture\u2063 Juan David \u2064Correa, Colombian President\u2064 Gustavo Petro urgently requested \u200cofficials to exhume\u200b the Spanish galleon San\u2064 Jos\u00e9 from the bottom of \u200cthe Caribbean Sea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is one \u2063of the priorities for the Petro administration,\u201d\u200b said Correa. \u201cThe president has told us \u200bto pick up the pace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On June 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 1708, the 62-gun Spanish \u2062ship was attempting\u200c to surpass \u2062a \u2062fleet of British warships in Colombia when it sank to the seafloor \u2063containing \u200can assortment of treasure.\u2063 It \u2063is often referred\u2064 to as the \u201cHoly Grail\u2064 of Shipwrecks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The treasures\u2064 on the ship contained gold, silver, and emeralds which were owned by private Peruvian \u200dand \u200cEuropean traders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARIBBEAN?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARIBBEAN<\/a>: A ship which \u2062sank\u200d over 300 years ago and is believed\u200d to have carried 200 tons of treasure, is to be lifted up from \u200dthe Caribbean Sea. The Spanish \u200dGalleon San Jose, known as the \u201cHoly \u2064Grail of shipwrecks\u201d, is suspected \u200dto carry treasure worth as much as $20billion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0xAocFey6G\">pic.twitter.com\/0xAocFey6G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CaribbeanNewsNetwork (@caribbeannewsuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caribbeannewsuk\/status\/1721576154614600031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Spanish galleon carrying the trove of treasure is now about 700 feet below\u200b the water\u2019s exterior\u200d near the Caribbean\u200d port of Cartagena.<\/p>\n<p>The Colombian president \u2064would\u2064 like to bring the Spanish galleon to the surface\u200b before his \u200cpresidential term expires in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>In order to \u2063do this, he asked for a public-private partnership to be established to launch the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there is much mystification surrounding the assortment of treasure contained on\u200c the sunken ship. The gold, silver\u200b and emeralds are estimated to be worth \u2063anywhere\u200b from \u200d$4 and $20 billion. The mystery of who is in ownership of the\u200d sunken treasure is also in \u200bquestion.<\/p>\n<p>However, in 1981, Glocca Morra,\u200b a United States corporation, said that it found the trove of treasure and provided the reconciles to the Colombian government with the alleged agreement\u2062 that\u2062 the two were going\u200c to \u201csplit \u200cthe treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, in 2015, Colombia\u2019s former\u2064 President \u200cJuan Manuel Santos claimed that the Colombian Navy \u2064worked with a company that discovered\u200c the shipwreck at a \u201cdifferent location\u201d \u2062at\u2062 the\u2064 bottom \u200cof the sea.<\/p>\n<p>Glocca Morra thought the wreck discovered by the Colombian Navy\u2064 was a piece\u2062 of the same debris field \u200cdiscovered \u2064in \u200b1981. <\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the\u2062 U.S. \u2064company \u2062is now suing\u200d the Colombian government for the sunken treasure, which amounted \u2064to $10 billion\u200d \u2014\u200d or \u200bhalf of \u200dwhat\u200d the treasure is estimated to be worth.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe\u200d here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare\u2063 this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The House passes a resolution to \u200bcensure \u200cRep. Tlaib while the Deep State and Academia \u201csecured\u201d the 2020 Election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After \u2062a\u2064 release of a new report \u2062from the \u200dHouse Weaponization Of Government Subcommittee, two GOP panel members\u200c speak on the \u200crecent findings of how the Federal Government\u200d partnered with universities\u2063 to censor \u2064conservative speech. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Virginia members of congress tell One America News why they \u200dremain optimistic about GOP victories \u200bin today\u2019s Virginia State \u200celections for the Senate and House \u2063of Delegates. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Police hold a press conference over\u200b the recent death of \u200ca Jewish man who was \u2063killed while protesting in support of Israel. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>US watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments and digital wallets, aiming for consumer safeguards.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Thousands volunteer for Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink microchip brain\u2063 implant study.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU introduces rules for \u2063Big Tech: clear labels for political ads, funding, election \u2064targets before key votes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Britain will \u2063make\u200b the makers of\u2062 self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-hamas-mob-attacks-white-house-gates\/\" title=\"Hamas supporters assault White House gates.\">-driving cars legally liable<\/a> for any crashes under a framework\u200b for developing autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn <br \/> Rm\ufeffed\u2064 for more updates on\u2064 this ongoing saga\u2062 and the fate of the San\u2064 Jos\u00e9 treasure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<h2>  What are \u200cthe\u2063 recent updates on the ongoing saga surrounding the San Jos\u00e9 \u2062treasure?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, here are the recent updates on the ongoing saga surrounding the San Jos\u00e9 treasure:<\/p>\n<p>1. Discovery of the San Jos\u00e9: In 2015, the \u200dwreck of the San Jos\u00e9, a Spanish \u200dgalleon that sank off the coast of Colombia \u200bin 1708, was\u200d discovered. The ship was carrying a significant treasure of \u200cgold, silver, and other valuable artifacts.<\/p>\n<p>2. Legal Battle: Since the discovery, a legal battle has \u2062ensued between the Colombian government, the salvage company Sea Search Armada (SSA), and Spain. SSA had claimed to have located the wreck in the 1980s \u2063and \u2062signed a controversial contract granting them \u206435% \u200cof the treasure. However, Colombia and Spain disputed SSA&#8217;s claim and\u2063 argued for \u200dfull ownership.<\/p>\n<p>3. Colombian Supreme Court Ruling: In 2018, the Colombian Supreme Court ruled in favor\u200b of the Colombian government, declaring them the sole owner of the San Jos\u00e9 \u200cand its treasures. The court stated that the contract\u200b with SSA was invalid. This decision sparked further \u2064legal disputes.<\/p>\n<p>4. Ongoing \u200bAppeal: As of September 2021,\u200d SSA continues to appeal the ruling and seeks recognition of their rights to a share\u2064 of the treasure. The case\u2064 is pending before the \u2063Constitutional Court of Colombia, and no final decision has been\u2063 reached.<\/p>\n<p>5. Preservation Efforts: The Colombian government has emphasized the importance of preserving the historical and \u200dcultural value of \u2064the San Jos\u00e9 and its treasures. Plans for a museum and a research center dedicated to the galleon\u2062 have been\u200c discussed, but no concrete steps have been taken so far.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that the ongoing saga surrounding the San Jos\u00e9 \u200ctreasure is subject to updates and developments over \u2062time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General View of the area where a twin-engine plane carrying 14 people disappeared yesterday in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela, 05 January 2008. 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