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BBC Chinese, Dec 5, 2015
www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2015/12/151205_san_jose_galleon

, which is translated )except the last three paragraphs and the side bar at the end) from

Colombia Says Treasure-Laden San Jose Galleon Found. BBC, Dec 5, 2015.
www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35014600

Note:
(a) "The San Jose was carrying gold, silver, gems and jewellery collected in the South American colonies to be shipped to Spain's king to help finance his war of succession against the British when it was sunk in June 1708."

War of the Spanish Succession
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
(1701–1714; Great Britain as a belligerent from 1707, with Spain on the other side)

(b) "The Colombian government did not mention its long-running quarrel with US-based salvage company Sea Search Armada (SSA) over claims to the treasure. * * *
A group now owned by SSA said in 1981 that it had located the area in which the ship sank.
SSA has been claiming billions of dollars for breach of contract from the Colombian government, but in 2011 an American court ruled that the galleon was the property of the Colombian state."

Sea Search Armada v. The Republic of Colombia
(i) United States District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, No 10-cv-2083-JEB
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-dcd-1_10-cv-02083
(Oct 24, 2011 memorandum opinion granting Columbia's motion to dismiss for statutes of limitations: SSA sued Columbia too late, for breach of contract)
(ii) On Apr 15, 2013 United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed, adopting district court's reasoning in full.
(iii) So the discovery is old news.